No. 5, Hodogaya: Katabira Bridge (Katabira-bashi) and Shinmachi, from the series Fifty-three Pictures of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan zue)

「東海道五十三図絵　五　程ヶ谷　かたびらばし　しん町」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1849–53 (Kaei 2–6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession Number53.445

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #42.5

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark

Provenance1953, sold by Warren E. Cox and Associates, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 14, 1953)