Not currently on display at the V&A

No. 53, Unuma Station: Distant View from Mount Inuyama (Unuma no eki, Inuyama yori enbō)

Woodblock Print
Artist/Maker
Keisai Eisen (artist)
Place of origin
Tokyo (made)
Japan (made)

Woodblock print, 'No. 53, Unuma Station: Distant View from Mount Inuyama' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • No. 53, Unuma Station: Distant View from Mount Inuyama (Unuma no eki, Inuyama yori enbō) (assigned by artist)
  • The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'No. 53, Unuma Station: Distant View from Mount Inuyama' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「木曽街道」 (Series title)
    Translation
    [The Sixty-nine Stations of] the Kisokaidō Road
    Transliteration
    'Kisokaidō'
  • 「鵜沼ノ駅従犬山遠望」 (Title)
    Translation
    Unuma Station: Distant View from Mount Inuyama
    Transliteration
    'Unuma no eki, Inuyama yori enbō'
  • 「五十三」 (In cartouche)
    Translation
    53
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Associated objects
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.3804-1886

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O423196/no-53-unuma-station-distant-woodblock-print-keisai-eisen/
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest