The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway Item Number: 795/141 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of Kambara Station (station #15), from the series “Fifty-three Stages on Tokaido Highway”. In the foreground is a snow-covered tree and three figures walking through the snow. In the background are snow-covered train station buildings, trees and hills against a gray sky with several lines of Japanese script..
Item History
- Made by Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker) in Japan
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before May 6, 1982
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) on May 6, 1982
What
- Name
- The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido Highway
- Identification Number
- 795/141
- Type of Item
- Image
- height 25.4 cm, width 39.1 cm
- Frame
- height 37.5 cm, width 52.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Anne M. Smith
- Received from
- Anne M. Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 6, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on May 6, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0795/0141