Katsushika Hokusai
Travellers Approaching Miya
1803
Physical Qualities
Color woodcut, Sheet: 126 x 352 mm. (12.6 x 35.2 cm.)
Portfolio/Series
From an untitled series of views along the Tokaido Road
Credit Line
Gift of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Trust, Chicago
Object Number
2001.83
Two castles at left on high embankment, water fills center with hills in background; 3 ladies walking at right with attendant, plum branches in bloom behind the ladies. Waves embossed, printed white on white.
Frances Klapthor, BMA rotation, "Before Bonnard & Vuillard: Japanese Prints from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Sept. 17-Dec. 2, 2008.
Inscribed: Signed, UR: "Gakyojin Hokusai ga" Mat: center, below print, pencil, 'Hokusai/Series-Stations on the Tokaido Road-'; typed on small label, '42.Miya'; RE, '25'; BE, '#51'.
