Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Horse fair in the fourth month, Chiryu (Chiryu shuka umaichi)

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

Horse fair in the fourth month, Chiryu (Chiryu shuka umaichi)
The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 24.1 x 36.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige ga

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

Identification

State

Second state lacking grey whale-back mountain right distance

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.40

Type

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
The Road to Kyoto
Selected Views from Hiroshige's Tokaido Gojosan Tsugi No Uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido)
Nov 01, 1981 – Jan 01, 1982

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)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher
Horse fair in the fourth month, Chiryu (Chiryu shuka umaichi); The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi, ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 24.1 x 36.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.40

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