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Maker(s):Utagawa Hiroshige I
Culture:Japanese (1797-1858)
Title:Ishibe, from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan [Fifty-three stations (of the Tokaido Road)]
Date Made:1865 or after; 1853 original
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 14 3/4 in x 10 in; 37.5 cm x 25.4 cm; Sheet: 9 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in; 24.1 cm x 18.7 cm; Image: 8 9/16 in x 6 5/8 in; 21.7 cm x 16.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Gojusan tsugi / Ishibe]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] Yama / [ill.]].
Accession Number:  MH 1967.177.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:
An elderly lady raking leaves explains to a party of three travellers the legend of the "shaking rock" (furneiwa)

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