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Shimosuwa, from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

Hiroshige1835-38

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The foreground of this print shows travelers enjoying an evening meal at an inn, with the proprietor looking pleased at the gusto of her guests. In the background, another traveler is gratefully relaxing in a large wooden tub filled with hot natural spring water, having discarded his robe next to the bath. Shimosuwa is the only stop along the Kisokaidō—a road running from Nibonbashi in Edo (now Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto—with a natural hot spring. The print series was a collaboration between Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen (1791–1848).

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  • Title: Shimosuwa, from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
  • Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
  • Date Created: 1835-38
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 23.1 x 25.4 cm (9 1/8 x 10 in.)
  • Provenance: (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Kelvin and Eleanor Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.322
  • Medium: Color woodblock print
  • Inscriptions: Signature: Hiroshige ga Artist Seal: Ichiryusai Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo han) Censorship Seal: kiwame
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
  • Collection: Japanese Art
  • Accession Number: 1985.322
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