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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

The Narrow Ivy Road, Mount Utsu, Okabe (Utsunoyama tsuta no hosomichi)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

The Narrow Ivy Road, Mount Utsu, Okabe (Utsunoyama tsuta no hosomichi)
From the series Pictures of Famous Places of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido gojusan tsugi meisho zue

Period

Edo Period

Year

1855

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 31.8 x 22.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1252

Type

Projects & Publications

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
The Narrow Ivy Road, Mount Utsu, Okabe (Utsunoyama tsuta no hosomichi); From the series Pictures of Famous Places of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido gojusan tsugi meisho zue, 1855
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 31.8 x 22.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1252

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