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「東海道 大尾 京 内裏」
Kyoto: The Imperial Palace (Kyô, Dairi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô
「東海道 大尾 京 内裏」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 16.5 x 21.7 cm (6 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Sr.
Accession Number50.3780
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.56
DescriptionNo. 56 in the series.
MFA impressions: 06.829.56, *11.39923 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45723 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9164, 50.3780
MFA impressions: 06.829.56, *11.39923 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45723 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9164, 50.3780
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptionsおもい立さい先よしといそ五十路こえてみやこをけふみつの空 紅翠亭都子
ProvenanceBy 1950, Robert Treat Paine, Sr. (b. 1866 - d. 1961), Waltham, MA; 1950, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Sr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)