Minakuchi, 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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Minakuchi, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô

Minakuchi, 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　水口」

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; 21.9 x 33.3 cm (8 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9367

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.51

DescriptionNo. 51 in the series.

MFA impressions:
Publisher's mark in black, no censor's seal: 06.1840, 21.9368
Censor's seal in color block, no publisher's mark: 11.39979, 21.9367

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

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

ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.