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Tsuchiyama, cut from sheet 14 of the harimaze series Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi zue)


東海道五十三次図会 十四 「土山」 (張交)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 21.8 x 11.3 cm (8 9/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8696
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #90-15 (uncut sheet); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #45 (series of 15 sheets, not listed individually); Tanba 1965, #483 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a sheet of four pictures showing Seki (TR), Sakanoshita (TL), Tsuchiyama (BR), and Minakuchi (BL) stations.

MFA impressions: 11.1999 (Sakanoshita), 11.2288 (Tsuchiyama), 21.8695 (Sakanoshita), 21.8696 (Tsuchiyama)
Signed (this picture unsigned)
ProvenancePurchased 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.