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Maker(s):Utagawa Hiroshige I; Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) (publisher)
Culture:Japanese (1797-1858); Japanese, active c. 1833 - 1850
Title:Mitsuke Tenryūgawa zu [View of the Tenryu River at Mitsuke], 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 color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 14 1/4 in x 19 5/16 in; 36.2 cm x 49.1 cm; Sheet: 10 1/8 in x 14 11/16 in; 25.7 cm x 37.3 cm; Image: 8 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 22.2 cm x 34.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. r. (blakc ink): [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Tōkaidō / gojūsan tsugi / no uchi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Mitsuke]; SEAL: recto, upp. r. (red ink): [Japanese character, Tenryūgawa zu]; SEAL: recto, ctr. r. (red ink): [Japanese character, Hoeido]; SEAL; recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kiwame].
Accession Number:  MH 1965.163.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:
Mitsuke is no. 28 in the Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido series in the Hoeido edition. Two boatmen wait in a ferry for a group of travelers walking across a large sand bank. More ferries in the background and the distance is enveloped in mist.

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