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「東海道五十三次之内 池鯉鮒 首夏馬市」
Chiryû: Early Summer Horse Fair (Chiryû, shuka uma ichi), second (?) state, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 池鯉鮒 首夏馬市」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.4 x 37.2 cm (9 5/8 x 14 2/3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden
Accession Number52.1431
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.40
DescriptionNo. 40 in the series, second (?) state (without background mountain).
MFA impressions:
With background mountain: 11.26130, 21.5066
Without background mountain: *06.1498 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2228 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17405, *11.17406 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.30166, 21.5065, 52.1431, 2009.2411.40
MFA impressions:
With background mountain: 11.26130, 21.5066
Without background mountain: *06.1498 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2228 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17405, *11.17406 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.30166, 21.5065, 52.1431, 2009.2411.40
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)