Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Nihonbashi: Morning View (日本橋朝之景 Nihonbashi asa no kei)

Maker

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

Title

Nihonbashi: Morning View (日本橋朝之景 Nihonbashi asa no kei)
from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次之内 Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban:: 24.3 x 36.2 cm (9 9/16 x 14 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 広重画
Translation: Pictured by Hiroshige

Seals: Publisher's seal | Takemago | Tsuruki
Censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.1

Type

Articles

Wish you were here . . .

Exhibition History

The Road Less Traveled
Edo's Nakasendō
Nov 09, 2024 – May 04, 2025

Label copy

During the Edo period, Nihonbashi—a neighborhood in the center of the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo)—was where all journeys on the major highways began. When the ruling Tokugawa government constructed a bridge in Nihonbashi in 1603, they made the bridge the starting point of all routes leading from Edo. Hiroshige’s print underscores the liveliness surrounding this iconic site, with vendors selling wares and produce as groups of people cross.

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection
May 08, 2015 – Nov 08, 2015
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 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (1833-1850
Edo, Japan), publisher
Tsuruya Kiemon 鶴屋喜右衛門 (1620 - 1852, Edo, Japan), publisher
Nihonbashi: Morning View (日本橋朝之景 Nihonbashi asa no kei); from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次之内 Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print (nishiki-e)
Horizontal ōban:: 24.3 x 36.2 cm (9 9/16 x 14 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.1

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