Artwork Description with Inscriptions
木曾街道続ノ壱 日本橋 雪之曙
Kisokaidō Tsuzuki no Ichi: Nihonbashi, Yuki no Akebono
(No. 1 from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō 木曾街道六十九次)
- Artist: Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790–1848)
- Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Hoeidō 芳栄堂)
- Period: Edo period 江戸時代 (c. 1835–38, Tenpō 6–9 天保6–9)
- Medium: Color woodblock print (nishiki-e 錦絵); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Horizontal ōban 大判; overall: 10 1/8 × 15 3/16 in. (25.7 × 38.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Inscriptions on the Print
- Item Title: 木曾街道続ノ壱 日本橋 雪之曙 (No. 1 Tsuzuki no Ichi Nihonbashi, Yuki no Akebono)
- Series Title: 木曾街道 (Kisokaidō)
- Signature: 渓斎英泉 (Eisen, Keisai)
- Publisher’s Seals: 竹内 (Take-Uchi), 芳栄堂 (Hoeidō)
- Censor’s Seal: 極 (Kiwame Take)
