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Nihonbashi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô


「東海道五十三次 日本橋」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 16.2 x 21.2 cm (6 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9109
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.01
DescriptionNo. 1 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.1, *11.45676 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9109
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in lower left margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
InscriptionsPoem by Anoya Yukihisa: Nihonbashi/ tada hitosuji ni/ miyako made/ tôkute chikaki/ harugasumi kana
日本橋たヾ一すぢに都まで遠くて近きはるがすみかな あのや幸久
ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.