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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa dai no kei), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

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

Title

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

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1256

About

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

Signed: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Hoeido (Publisher)

Signature: Hiroshige ga

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

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom center:EGR165

Place Made: Japan
4th print in the second version of the series

Related

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa dai no kei), Edo (Japanese period)

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