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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa dai no kei)

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

Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa dai no kei)
From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
東海道五十三次之内
神奈川　台之景

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 35.1 cm (8 7/8 x 13 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Hoeido (Publisher)

Signature: Hiroshige ga

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

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom center:EGR165

Identification

State

4th print in the second version of the series

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1256

Type

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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
Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa dai no kei); From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi); 東海道五十三次之内; 神奈川　台之景, ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print
Horizontal ōban: 22.5 x 35.1 cm (8 7/8 x 13 13/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1256

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