No. 32, Arai: Ferryboats Arriving at the Checkpoint (Arai, Wataribune chakugan gosekisho), 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　三十二　あら井　渡舟着岸御関所」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kodama Matashichi (Japanese)

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; 35.4 x 25 cm (13 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession NumberRES.52.88

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Reprint of: Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.32

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16771, 11.30282, RES.52.88 (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)