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Kawasaki, 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 川崎」
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; 14.9 x 20.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9111
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.03
DescriptionNo. 3 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.3, *11.39931 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45678 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9111
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in lower left margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
Inscriptions春霞ともに立出てめをとばしわたりつるみの心のとけし 春園静枝
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.