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Maker(s):Keisai Eisen
Culture:Japanese (1790-1848)
Title:No. 41, Nojiri, Inakawa-bashi enbō [Nojiri: distant view of the Ina River Bridge], from the series Kisokaidō rokujūkyū eki [The sixty-nine stations of the Kisokaido], here called Kisoji no eki [The stations of the Kiso Road]
Date Made:ca. 1835-1843
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: 10 in x 14 3/16 in; 25.4 cm x 36 cm; Image: 8 11/16 in x 13 5/8 in; 22.1 cm x 34.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  STAMP: recto, lwr. l. (etching and red ink, within image): [Yonjyuichi[ill.], Japanese character]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (etching and black ink, within image): [Kisoroeki / nojiri / inakawa-bashi / enbô, Japanese character]; PUBLISHER SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (etching and red ink, within image): [Takeuchi, Japanese character]; PUBLISHER SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (etching and red ink, within image): [Hoeidô, Japanese character]; STAMP: recto, lwr. l. (etching and red ink, within image): [ill.]; CENSOR SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (stamp in black ink): [Kiwame, Japanese character]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (graphite): 39; INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. l. (graphite): 39; INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. r. (graphite): J-493; INSCRIPTION: verso, lwr. r. (graphite): HIROSHIGE
Accession Number:  MH 1973.266.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A horizontal Japanese woodblock landscape: an almost abstract waterfall (or river) runs forward between two green cliffs, which are connected by an arched bridge with a few small figures walking across.

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