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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 22.7 x 35.7 cm (8 15/16 x 14 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom to the right:EGR179

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Takemago; censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

State

Later impression; lines degraded/ flag and striped coat altered from brown to green; second color state.

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1270

About

Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu)
The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi

Inscription verso, bottom to the right:EGR179

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Takemago; censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan
Later impression; lines degraded/ flag and striped coat altered from brown to green; second color state.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu) with the accession number of 20.1270. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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