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Arai: View of the Mile-and-a-Half Sea Ferry (Arai, kaijô ichi-ri-han funawatashi no zu), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô


「東海道五十三次之内 荒井 海上一理壱り半舟渡之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–44 (Tenpô 12–Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 20.8 x 33.3 cm (8 3/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9341
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.32
DescriptionNo. 32 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1418 (deaccessioned in 2019), 06.1821, 11.39976, 21.9341, 21.9342
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.