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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara hidari fuji)

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

Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara hidari fuji)
From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
東海道五十三次之内
吉原 左富士

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Seals: Signed: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Hoeido (Publisher); kiwame (Censor)

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Identification

State

15th print from the first version of the series.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.15

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige's "Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido"
A Journey Through Japanese Woodblock Prints, Part II
Aug 29, 1997 – Dec 14, 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

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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
Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara hidari fuji); From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi); 東海道五十三次之内; 吉原 左富士, ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print
Horizontal ōban: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.15

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