Ferry Boats on the Fuji River in Suruga Province (Sunshû Fujikawa watashibune no zu), from the series Famous Places in Our Country (Honchô meisho)

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Ferry Boats on the Fuji River in Suruga Province (Sunshû Fujikawa watashibune no zu), from the series Famous Places in Our Country (Honchô meisho)

「本朝名所　駿州富士川渡船之図」

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; 24.5 x 37.4 cm (9 2/3 x 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.55

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #82.08

DescriptionOne of three designs thought to be the earliest in the series, designed several years before the others.
MFA impressions: 20.55, 21.8923

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)