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Print, Chiryu, The Horse Fair, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

This is a Print. It was created by Ando Hiroshige and published by Hoeido firm. It is dated 1833–34 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mary Rutherford Jay. It is credited Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay.

Its dimensions are

23.6 x 35.6cm (9 5/16 x 14in.)

It has the following markings

Seal, upper left: Hoyeido

It is signed

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi) 廣重筆

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, upper right, Japanese characters and stamp in red ink

Cite this object as

Print, Chiryu, The Horse Fair, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi); Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858); Published by Hoeido firm; Japan; woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color ; 23.6 x 35.6cm (9 5/16 x 14in.); Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay; 1948-134-40

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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