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Maker(s):Utagawa Hiroshige I; Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) (publisher)
Culture:Japanese (1797-1858); Japanese, active c. 1833 - 1850
Title:Akasaka ryosha shōfu no zu [Inn with serving maids, Akasaka], from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi [Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido]
Date Made:1833-1835
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in; 36.2 cm x 48.9 cm; Sheet: 9 13/16 in x 14 7/16 in; 24.9 cm x 36.7 cm; Image: 9 in x 14 3/16 in; 22.9 cm x 36 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi, Japanese character]; TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Akasaka, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, upp. r.: [ryosha shōfu no zu, Japanese character]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Hiroshige ga, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, lwr. r. (red ink): [Hoeidō, Japanese character]
Accession Number:  MH 1964.104.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Austin (Janet Evans, Class of 1925)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Akasaka is no. 37 in the Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido series in the Hoeido edition. Horizontal scene of the interior of a tea-house (rest house). A sago-palm tree stands in the central garden and guests rest and enjoy drinking in the rooms. A group of women look at mirror in the room to the right.

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