Ando Hiroshige (aka Hiroshige),
Japanese,
(1797–1858)
The Sixty-nine Stations on the Kiso Road: 57, Akasaka, c. 1836-1843
Ink on Paper
8 7/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (22.54 cm x 34.93 cm)
The Sixty-nine Stations on the Kiso Road: 57, Akasaka, c. 1836-1843
Ink on Paper
8 7/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (22.54 cm x 34.93 cm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Edo (Japan, 1615-1868)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Stanley Johnson
Accession Number:
2000.1.54
Alternate Title:
Kisokaido rokujukyu-tsugi no uchi: Akasaka
Edition
Possibly a later edition print.
Marks
Signed Hiroshige ga; hiroshige seal; publisher's seal (Kinjudo).
Medium
Colored ink on paper; woodblock print; oban yoko-e.
Object Description
Ninteenth century Japanese color woodblock print depicting two travellers, a man and a woman, crossing a bridge over a shallow stream in opposite directions. Three other figures in straw hats are pictured at the far side of the bridge where a village lies surrounded by bare trees.
Publisher
Kinjudo (Iseya Rihei).
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