Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
No. 12, Shinmachi, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), Circa 1835-38
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)
Date: circa 1835-38
Censorship seal: 'kiwame' (certified)
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)
Date: circa 1835-38
Censorship seal: 'kiwame' (certified)
Horizontal oban:
24.6 x 36.9 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ½ in.)
24.6 x 36.9 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ½ in.)
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As evening draws in, travellers and vendors head towards the station of Shinmachi, the rooftops of which can just be seen just over the hill in the middle distance. The...
As evening draws in, travellers and vendors head towards the station of Shinmachi, the rooftops of which can just be seen just over the hill in the middle distance. The Benten Bridge crosses the river and Mount Akagi can be seen rising in the distance on the left.
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.39280, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/464609
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.39280, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/464609