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No. 45, Ishiyakushi: Yoshitsune's Cherry Tree and the Shrine of Noriyori (Ishiyakushi, Yoshitsune sakura Noriyori no hokora), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô


「五十三次名所図会 四十五 石薬師 義経さくら範頼の祠」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 22.6 cm (14 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5286
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.45
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16805, 11.30295, 21.5286
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯七
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJuly 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.