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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

An album of the complete set of the series Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan Meisho Zue) (Tokaido Gojusan tsugi meisho zue hitosoroi (gojugo mai))

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Culture

Japanese

Title

An album of the complete set of the series Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan Meisho Zue) (Tokaido Gojusan tsugi meisho zue hitosoroi (gojugo mai))
Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido Gojusan tsugi meisho zue

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1855.7-1855.8

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

34 x 22.2 x 2.2 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Rectangular label adhered on the inside back cover, top left corner with inscription in ink:EA/547; Small square label on front cover, top right corner with inscription in pencil: 49 Inscription on th

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1053

Type

  • Books

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
An album of the complete set of the series Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan Meisho Zue) (Tokaido Gojusan tsugi meisho zue hitosoroi (gojugo mai)); Pictures of famous places of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido Gojusan tsugi meisho zue, 1855.7-1855.8
Polychrome wood block print
34 x 22.2 x 2.2 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 7/8 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1053

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