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No. 14, Takasaki

Woodblock Print
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige (artist)
Place of origin
Tokyo (made)
Japan (made)

Woodblock print, 'No. 14, Takasaki' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • No. 14, Takasaki (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. 14, Takasaki' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「木曽海道六拾九次之内」 (Series Title)
    Translation
    The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
    Transliteration
    'Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi'
  • 「高崎」 (Title)
    Translation
    Takasaki
    Transliteration
    'Takasaki'
  • 「拾四」 (In red cartouche)
    Translation
    14
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.3773-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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