Fujikawa: Inns and Shops on the Mountainside (Fujikawa, sanchû shuku shôke), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Fujikawa: Inns and Shops on the Mountainside (Fujikawa, sanchû shuku shôke), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô

Fujikawa: Inns and Shops on the Mountainside (Fujikawa, sanchû shuku shôke), 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　藤川　山中宿商家」

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; 21.8 x 33.4 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9351

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.38

DescriptionNo. 38 in the series.

MFA impressions:
No censor's seal, publisher's mark in black: 06.1827
With censor's seal, no publisher's mark: 11.40020, 21.9351

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

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

ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 481); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.