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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Fuchū: Abe River (Fuchū abegawa)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher

Title

Fuchū: Abe River (Fuchū abegawa)
From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
東海道五十三次之内
府中　安倍川

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Seals: Signed: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Hoeido (Publisher); kiwame (Censor)

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Identification

State

20th print from the first version of the series.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.20

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Tokaido
The Lure of the Open Road in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Jun 23, 2000 – Sep 10, 2000
Hiroshige's "Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido"
A Journey through Japanese Woodblock Prints, Part I
May 23, 1997 – Aug 24, 1997

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher
Fuchū: Abe River (Fuchū abegawa); From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi); 東海道五十三次之内; 府中　安倍川, ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print
Horizontal ōban: 22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.20

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