Futagawa: Monkey Plateau (Futagawa, Sarugababa)

Utagawa Hiroshige
Japan
1797 – 1858

Futagawa: Monkey Plateau (Futagawa, Sarugababa)
no. 34 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
c 1833-34
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Place made
Edo (Tokyo)
Medium
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 35.3 cm (image)
23.4 x 35.8 cm (sheet, ôban)
Credit line
Gift of Brian and Barbara Crisp in memory of their son Andrew 2003
Accession number
20033G52
Signature and date
Signed printed in block in Japanese, l.r., "Hiroshige ga [designed by Hiroshage]". Not dated.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan