Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tsumago 妻籠

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋利兵衛 (b. in Edo, Japan

Title

Tsumago 妻籠
from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (木曾街道六拾九次之内 Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi)

Period

Edo Period

Year

late 1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 25.7 x 37.5 cm (10 1/8 x 14 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 広重画

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai; publisher's seal | Kinjudo

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1059

Type

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

Between the Tsumago and Magome stations, travelers come and go. Smaller routes branch off this stretch of the highway, making it an important crossroads. In the foreground, a religious pilgrim, recognizable by his striped basket-like hat and white garments, carries a portable shrine on his back. He passes a traveler with a walking stick. At the upper right, a woodcutter lugs brushwood down a different path. 

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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 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋利兵衛 (b. in Edo, Japan
ca. 1790 - 1879), publisher
Tsumago 妻籠; from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (木曾街道六拾九次之内 Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi), late 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Horizontal ōban: 25.7 x 37.5 cm (10 1/8 x 14 3/4 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1059

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