Image

RISDM 41-080-43.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

The Seven-ri ferry boat approaching Kuwana (Kuwana shichiri watashiguchi)

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

The Seven-ri ferry boat approaching Kuwana (Kuwana shichiri watashiguchi)
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: 24.1 x 36.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige ga

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

Identification

State

First state has elaborate wave pattern and green waves; this impression is later

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.43

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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
The Seven-ri ferry boat approaching Kuwana (Kuwana shichiri watashiguchi); The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi, ca. 1833
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 24.1 x 36.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.43

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