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Kawasaki: Ferry Boats at the Rokugô Crossing (Kawasaki, Rokugô no watashibune), 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 川崎 六郷の渡し舟」
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; 22.3 x 34.2 cm (8 3/4 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8982
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.03
DescriptionNo. 3 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.1792 (with publisher's mark), 11.39984, 21.8982
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.