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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tsumago 妻籠

Description

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

Exhibition History

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

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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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