Yokkaichi: The Backwater and Marshes of the Sanchokawa
Artist/Culture
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.1084
Label TextYokkaichi: Mie River (Miegawa)
from 53 Stations on the T kaid
And Hiroshige 1797-1858
Multicolor woodblock print, ban
Artist signature: Hiroshige ga
Censor's seal: kiwame
Publisher: Takemago, Tsuruki
John Chandler Bancroft Collection 1901.1084
This port town is named after the fourth day of every month when a major market was held. Hiroshige has chosen to depict the river outside the town and the wind that assaults the travelersOn View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
2nd month ox year, 1853
