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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)