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No. 53 - Ōtsu: The Matsumoto Ferry, Karasaki, Mount Hira, Mount Hiei (Matsumoto watariguchi, Karasaki, Hira, Hiei)

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

Woodblock print depicting landscape with plain border. A series of figures and a watchtower on the edge of a harbour. Boats visible in the water.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • No. 53 - Ōtsu: The Matsumoto Ferry, Karasaki, Mount Hira, Mount Hiei (Matsumoto watariguchi, Karasaki, Hira, Hiei) (assigned by artist)
  • The Tōkaidō Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tōkaidō - Gojūsan tsugi no uchi) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'No. 53 - Ōtsu: The Matsumoto Ferry, Karasaki, Mount Hira, Mount Hiei' from the series 'The Tōkaidō Road - The Fifty-three Stations' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.
Physical description
Woodblock print depicting landscape with plain border. A series of figures and a watchtower on the edge of a harbour. Boats visible in the water.
Dimensions
  • Length: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「五十三次之内」 (Series Title)
    Translation
    The Fifty-three Stations
    Transliteration
    'Gojūsan tsugi no uchi'
  • 「東海道　五十三」 (Title)
    Translation
    The Tōkaidō Road, No. 53
    Transliteration
    'Tōkaidō gojyūsan'
  • 「大津」 (Title)
    Translation
    Ōtsu
    Transliteration
    'Ōtsu'
  • 「広重画」 (Artist signature)
    Transliteration
    'Hiroshige ga'
Object history
From a series of fifty-four prints. 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.4149A-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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