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Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge (Hodogaya, Shinmachi-bashi)

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

Woodblock print. Aiban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Landscape.

Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge (Hodogaya, Shinmachi-bashi) (generic title)
  • Hodogaya (Hodogaya) (assigned by artist)
  • Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Hodogaya' from the series 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan.
Physical description
Woodblock print. Aiban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Landscape.
Dimensions
  • Width: 37.5cm
  • Height: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「東海道五拾三次之内」

    Note
    Series Title

    Translation
    Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

    Transliteration
    'Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi'

  • 「保土ヶ谷」

    Note
    Title

    Translation
    Hodogaya

    Transliteration
    'Hodogaya'

  • 「広重画」

    Note
    Artist signature

    Transliteration
    'Hiroshige ga'

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 object
E.3713-1886 (Duplicate)
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.3713A-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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