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Kanagawa: View of the Embankment (Kanagawa, dai no kei), second version, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô


「東海道五十三次之内 神奈川 台之景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 37 cm (9 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5002
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.04
DescriptionNo. 04 in the series, second version, with flatter roofs.

MFA impressions:
First version: 11.26100, 11.38935, 11.38936, 21.5001, 21.5096, 2009.2411.4; deaccessioned in 2012: *11.23082, *11.25070, *11.45561
Second version: 06.1375, 11.17281, 21.5002; deaccessioned in 2012: *11.17282, *11.38892
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceJuly 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.