Tanba Province: The Demon's Castle on Mt. Ôe (Tanba, Ôeyama Oni-ga-jô), cut from sheet 12 of the series Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)

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Tanba Province: The Demon's Castle on Mt. Ôe (Tanba, Ôeyama Oni-ga-jô), cut from sheet 12 of the series Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)

国尽張交図会　十二　「丹波　大江山鬼ヶ城」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 24.4 x 7 cm (9 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8760

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiroshige Mus., Ena, Meisho no hensen (203), #2-12; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 99; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #19.12

DescriptionFrom a sheet of one calligraphic title panel and four pictures showing Tanba, Tango, Tajima, and Inaba provinces.

MFA impressions: 21.8759 (Inaba), 21.8760 (Tanba), RES.54.24 (uncut sheet)

Signed (this picture unsigned)