Object number1987.21.14
Nissaka: Night-crying Stone at Sayo Mountain Pass, View of Mount Mugen
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Gyosho Tokaido)
Datec. 1845
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重)
(Japanese, 1797-1858)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock (nishiki-e): ink on rice paper
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (19 x 31 cm)
Sheet (Horizontal aiban): 9 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (23 x 34 cm)
Sheet (Horizontal aiban): 9 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (23 x 34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Celia Faulkner Clevenger, class of 1958
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c (Edo Period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower left, in block: 広重画 (Hiroshige ga)
InscribedOn recto, inscribed upper right edge, in block: 東海道五十三次之内 (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
On recto, inscribed upper right, in block: 日阪 小夜の中山夜啼石 無間山遠望 (Nissaka: Night-crying Stone at Sayo Mountain Pass, View of Mount Mugen (Nissaka, Sayo-no-nakayama Yonaki-ishi, Mugenzan chōbō)
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Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重)
c. 1847-1852
Culture: Japanese
