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大山道中張交図絵 「藤沢 旅舎」 「戸塚 焼餅坂 名物」 「大滝 垢離場」 「伊勢原」 「四ッ谷 追分 立場」
Sheet 2: clockwise from top right, Inn at Fujisawa (Fujisawa ryosha); Totsuka: Grilled Ricecake Slope, a Famous Local Product (Totsuka, Yakimochizaka, meibutsu); Purification Site at the Great Waterfall (Ôtaki, koriba); Isehara; Post Station at the Yotsuya Branch Road (Yotsuya oiwake, tateba) from the series Cutout Pictures of the Road to Ôyama (Ôyama dôchû harimaze zue)
大山道中張交図絵 「藤沢 旅舎」 「戸塚 焼餅坂 名物」 「大滝 垢離場」 「伊勢原」 「四ッ谷 追分 立場」
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 6th 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
Gift of Mrs. William Wheeler
Accession Number33.1166.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #14.2; Tanba 1965, #484 (uncut sheet); Tamba (Tanba), Ukiyo-e Edo kara Hakone made (1963), #353 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8747 (Fujisawa), 21.8749 (Ôtaki), 33.1166.54 (uncut sheet)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu (bottom right)
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午六
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午六
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBetween 1876 and 1880, acquired in Japan by William Wheeler (b. 1851 - d. 1932) and Fannie (Hubbard) Wheeler (b. 1853 - d. 1942), Concord, MA [see note]; 1933, gift of Mrs. William Wheeler to the MFA. (Accession date: December 15, 2006)
NOTE:
William Wheeler worked as an educator and engineer in Hokkaido, Japan from 1876 to 1880. He served as the president of Sapporo Agricultural College from 1877-1879.
NOTE:
William Wheeler worked as an educator and engineer in Hokkaido, Japan from 1876 to 1880. He served as the president of Sapporo Agricultural College from 1877-1879.