Ando Hiroshige
No.1 Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds

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Artist Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)Japanese, 1797–1858

Publisher Tsutaya Kichizô (Japanese)Japanese

CultureJapanese

Titles

No.1 Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds
Uchi Nihonbashi Shinonome no kei
from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)

Date1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

PlaceJapan

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper

DimensionsSheet: 14 1/16 × 9 1/4 in. (35.7 × 23.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in memory of Ann L. and Leslie A. Hamilton

Object number2006.602

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Asian Art

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ProvenanceFrom the complete set of Upright Tokaido prints formerly in the collection of Prof. Arthur Wesley Dow, Teachers College, Columbia University (1857-1922). Dow’s collection of his own work together with his collection of Japanese prints was offered for sale by the American Art Galleries, New York City, in March 1923.

Purchased by Stephen Hamilton from Merlin C. Dailey, 29 East Main Street, Victor, New York 14564, (Tel. 585-924-5830), April 2005

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil recto upper right: "3"
Marked in pencil recto upper center margin: "#1 - (?)print Tokaido (?)"
Marked in pencil verso lower left: "3."

Censor seal: Aratame

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