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Kakegawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô


「東海道五十三次 掛川」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 16.6 × 21.7 cm (6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.166
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.27
DescriptionNo. 27 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.27, *11.1932 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.39947 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45696 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9135, RES.53.166
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions秋葉てふ道の名あれど春風はかけしくずぬのうらゝにぞ吹 し尾鳴陰
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)