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No. 24 - Shimada and Kanaya, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道 廿四 五十三次之内 島田 金谷」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850–51 (Kaei 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 16.4 × 22.2 cm (6 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession NumberRES.49.176
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #23.24
DescriptionSince Shimada (no. 24) and Kanaya (no. 25) are combined in one design in this series, all numbers from 25 on are one less than the usual number for that station.

MFA impressions: *06.1435 (deaccessioned in 2019), 06.1707, 11.26191, 2009.5010.23, 2019.1974.24, RES.49.176
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
彫師:なし