No. 15, Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), 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　十五　吉原　不二の沼浮島が原」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Meiji-era reprint from Edo-period blocks

1891 (Meiji 24), June

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession NumberRES.52.87

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.15

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16779, 11.30265, 11.45400 (creped), 21.5262, RES.52.87 (Meiji reprint from Edo blocks)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)