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The Cave at Enoshima in Sagami Province (Sôshû Enoshima iwaya no zu), from the series Famous Places in Our Country (Honchô meisho)


「本朝名所 相州江ノ嶋岩屋ノ図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.3 x 37.2 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.54
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #108; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #82.11
DescriptionOne of three designs thought to be the earliest in the series, designed several years before the others.
MFA impressions: 20.54, 21.8922
Signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
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)