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Yui: Fording the Yui River (Yui, kachiwatari Yuigawa no zu), 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 江尻 由井 かち渡りゆひ川の図」
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; 22.4 x 34.5 cm (8 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9325
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.17
DescriptionNo. 17 in the series.

MFA impressions:
No censor's seal, publisher's mark in black: 06.1806
With censor's seal, no publisher's mark: *06.1172 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39998, 21.9325, 2014.1003
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜
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.