Arai, Ferry boats arriving at the checkpoint (Arai, Wataribune chakugan gosekisho) : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

Abstract

This item is a new acquisition of the DAAP teaching collection. The items in this collection are meant to be handled and used for teaching and exhibition. This is a woodcut printed in colors on Japanese paper. According to JSTOR “Oban tate-e. Trace of old assembly on the back. Signed "Hiroshige itsu". Plate 32 from the series "The 53 Stations of Tokaido" (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi Meisho Dzuye), tate-e edition. Beautiful proof bearing the stamp of censorship (aratame, Hare 7) and of the publisher Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (ca. 1800s-1910s).” The woodcut is mounted with along the right edge with two white cloth tapes on the verso on a cardstock matting system. The cardstock matting system is floppy and does not support the print properly, but it is made of archival materials. The woodcut is printed on a thin beige Japanese paper. It is printed in colored inks. There is no information or decoration on the verso.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3502448