Fujikawa: The Entrance to the Village
Artist/Culture
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1077
Label TextFujikawa: Scene on Post Outskirts (Bo hana no zu)
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 1901.1077
Station officials bow low as they welcome the shogun's men who are taking a gift of horses from the shogun in Edo to the emperor in Kyoto. This presentation was an annual occurrence and took place on the first day of the eighth lunar month.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1858
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1858, 4th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1834
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
7th month horse year, 1846
