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Iga Province: Ueno (Iga, Ueno), 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 伊賀 上野」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Ta (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34 x 22.6 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9521
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #6; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.05
DescriptionNo. 6 (Tôkaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.6 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17019, 11.26229, 21.9521, RES.54.190.1
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Blockcutter's mark: (Hori Ta, cut off of this impression)
改印:米良、渡辺、丑七
彫師:(彫多)
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; September 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.