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Nissaka, 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 日阪」
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; 16.3 x 21.7 cm (6 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9134
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.26
DescriptionNo. 26 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.26, *11.39946 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45695 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9134
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptionsあたらしく今朝にこにことわらび餅をかしな春の立場なるらん 倭園琴桜
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.