Kanagawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次 神奈川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Artist Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858), Publisher Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.04
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
06.1170
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
No. 4 in the series.
MFA impressions: 06.829.4, 06.1170, *11.39932 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45679 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9112
Inscription
双六の旅もいろはのかな川にあがるもたのし春雨の空 松本亭篤＿
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
Provenance
March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection