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「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 曙旅立の図」
Nihonbashi: Setting Out at Dawn (Nihonbashi, Akebono tabidachi no zu), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 曙旅立の図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–44 (Tenpô 12–Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal aiban; 22 x 35 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.01
DescriptionNo. 1 in the series, first version.
MFA impressions:
First version: 06.1790, 11.2225, 11.39973, 21.8977
Second version: 21.8978
MFA impressions:
First version: 06.1790, 11.2225, 11.39973, 21.8977
Second version: 21.8978
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.