No. 56 - The Imperial Palace (Dairi), from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Aritaya Tôkaidô – Works

No. 56 - The Imperial Palace (Dairi), from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Aritaya Tôkaidô

「東海道　五十六　五十三次之内　大内」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.7 x 17.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9221

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 234, horizontal yotsugiri #31.56

DescriptionFrom a set of 56 small designs, printed four to a sheet on 14 horizontal ôban sheets.

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし