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No. 47 - Seki: The Solitary Grave (Hitorizuka), from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道 四十七 五十三次之内 関 一りづか」
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; 16.5 × 22.1 cm (6 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.5010.46
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #23.47
DescriptionStation no. 48 in the usual order. Since 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: 11.26170, 2009.5010.46, 2019.1974.48
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
彫師:なし