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The Monkey Bridge in Kai Province (Kôyô Saruhashi no zu)

The Monkey Bridge in Kai Province (Kôyô Saruhashi no zu)

「甲陽猿橋之図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 73.5 x 25.5 cm (28 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5335

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #186; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #1

DescriptionMeiji-era reproduction: 15.180

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.