Yamashiro Province: The Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama (Yamashiro, Arashiyama, Togetsukyô), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

「六十余州名所図絵　山城　あらし山渡月橋」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9518

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #1; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.67

DescriptionNo. 1 (Gokinai group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.1 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17108 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26219, 21.9518

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、丑七
彫師：彫竹

ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.