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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」
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; 23.2 x 37 cm (9 1/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8921
NOT ON VIEW
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
Signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.