Yui Satta mine (Yui, Satta Pass) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō)

Yui Satta mine (Yui, Satta Pass) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Japanese, 1780-1854)

1833/1834

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

image: 8 7/8 in x 13 7/8 in; sheet: 10 in x 14 15/16 in (margins trimmed, especially at left)

censor's mark: 極, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approval) Language: Japanese

title: 由井 // 薩捶嶺, printed in black ink and red intaglio within gourd-shaped cartouche, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Yui // Satta mine (Yui // Satta pass) Language: Japanese

series title: 東海道五拾三次之内, printed in black ink, top right Transliteration (Translation): Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaido) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: 保永堂板, printed in red intaglio within square cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Hōeidō han (published [by] Hoeidō) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八, firm Hōeidō 保永堂 active c. 1832-40.

signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshige ga (picture [by] Hiroshige) Language: Japanese

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Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

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