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「東海道五十三次之内 江尻 由井 かち渡りゆひ川の図」
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Yui: Fording the Yui River (Yui, kachiwatari Yuigawa no zu), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 江尻 由井 かち渡りゆひ川の図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–44 (Tenpô 12–Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal aiban; 21.6 x 33 cm (8 1/2 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry Meyer
Accession Number2014.1003
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.17
DescriptionNo. 17 in the series.
MFA impressions:
No censor's seal, publisher's mark in black: 06.1806
With censor's seal, no publisher's mark: *06.1172 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39998, 21.9325, 2014.1003
MFA impressions:
No censor's seal, publisher's mark in black: 06.1806
With censor's seal, no publisher's mark: *06.1172 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39998, 21.9325, 2014.1003
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
ProvenanceSeptember 30, 1987, sold by Yamanaka and Co., Ltd., Kyoto, to Henry Meyer, Wakefield, RI; 2014, gift of Henry Meyer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)