No. 17, Yui: The Frightful Satta Pass (Yui, Satta tôge oya shirazu), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô

「五十三次名所図会　十七　由井　薩多峠親知らず」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.5 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of C. Adrian Rübel

Accession Number46.1410

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.17

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1202, 11.16776, 11.30267, 21.5263, 46.1410

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
彫師：なし

Provenance1946, gift of Charles Adrien Rübel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 1946)