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No. 52, Wakanoura in Kii Province (Kii Wakanoura), from the series Sixty-eight Views of the Various Provinces (Shokoku rokujû-hakkei)


「諸国六十八景 紀伊 和歌の浦」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.1 x 18.9 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20517
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌二改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.