No. 1 - Nihonbashi, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Aritaya Tôkaidô – Works

No. 1 - Nihonbashi, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Aritaya Tôkaidô

「東海道　一　五十三次之内　日本橋」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.7 x 17.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9166

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 233, horizontal yotsugiri #31.01

DescriptionFrom a set of 56 small designs, printed four to a sheet on 14 horizontal ôban sheets.

MFA impressions: 21.9165, 21.9166

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし