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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu)

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

Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu)
The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 22.7 x 35.7 cm (8 15/16 x 14 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Hoeido han; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.32

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher
Ferryboats, Arai (Arai watashibune no zu); The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi, ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 22.7 x 35.7 cm (8 15/16 x 14 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.32

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