Arai: Fishing for the Famous Eels (Arai, meisan unagi tori), cut from sheet 10 of the series Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi zue)

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Arai: Fishing for the Famous Eels (Arai, meisan unagi tori), cut from sheet 10 of the 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　「あらい　名産鰻とり」

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; 17.5 x 13 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8714

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #90-11 (uncut sheet); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #45 (series of 15 sheets, not listed individually)

DescriptionFrom a sheet of four pictures showing Arai (BR), Shirasuka (TR), Futakawa (TL), and Yoshida (BL) stations.

MFA impressions: 21.8684 (Yoshida), 21.8714 (Arai)

Signed HIroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.