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「本朝名所 相州七里ヶ浜」
Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province (Sôshû Shichiri-ga-hama), from the series Famous Places in Our Country (Honchô meisho)
「本朝名所 相州七里ヶ浜」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 37.6 cm (9 2/3 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.52
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #82.12
DescriptionOne of three designs thought to be the earliest in the series, designed several years before the others.
MFA impressions: 11.2204, 20.52, 21.8921
MFA impressions: 11.2204, 20.52, 21.8921
Signed
Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画
一立斎広重画
ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)