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Fujieda, Shimada, and Kanaya, sheet 7 from the harimaze series Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi zue)


東海道五十三次図会 七 「藤枝 島田 金谷」 (張交)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban (harimaze); 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession NumberRES.49.15
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #90-8 (uncut sheet); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #45 (series of 15 sheets, not listed individually); Tanba 1965, #502 (this sheet)
DescriptionSheet of three pictures showing Fujieda (R), Shimada (BL), and Kanaya (TL) stations.

MFA impressions: 21.8682 (Fujieda), RES.49.15 (uncut sheet)
Signed Hiroshige gihitsu (on Fujieda), Ryûsai hitsu (on Shimada)
広重戯筆、立斎筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiroshige (in circle)
改印:改、辰二
彫師:なし
Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 10, 1949)