| Maker(s): | Utagawa Hiroshige I; Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō) (publisher)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1797-1858)
| | Title: | Futakawa Saru ga baba tateba meibutsu kashiwa mochi [Post house at Monkey Plain with famous oak-leaf dumplings at Futakawa], from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi [Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido]
| | Date Made: | 1820-1861
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mount: 10 7/8 in x 16 1/8 in; 27.6 cm x 41 cm; Sheet: 6 15/16 in x 9 15/16 in; 17.6 cm x 25.2 cm; Image: 6 9/16 in x 8 15/16 in; 16.7 cm x 22.7 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recto, upp. l . (black ink): [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink in red cartouche): [Japanese character, Tōkaidō sanjūsan]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, gojūsan / tsugi no uchi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Futagawa]; TITLE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink in red cartouche): [Japanese character, Saru ga baba tateba]; TITEL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink in red cartouche): [Japanese character, Meibutsu kashiwa mochi]; SEAL: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Mera]; SEAL: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Murata]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [triple mountain with a dot and a wide leaf beneath].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1997.14.28
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the estate of Eileen Paradis Barber (Class of 1929)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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