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「東海道 大尾 京 内裏」
Kyoto: The Imperial Palace (Kyô, Dairi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô
「東海道 大尾 京 内裏」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 17 x 22.8 cm (6 11/16 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.829.56
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.56
DescriptionNo. 56 in the series.
MFA impressions: 06.829.56, *11.39923 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45723 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9164, 50.3780
MFA impressions: 06.829.56, *11.39923 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45723 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9164, 50.3780
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptionsおもひ立さい先よしといそ五十路こえてみやこをけふみつの空 紅翠亭都子
Provenance1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)