Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), 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　甲斐　さるはし」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 8th 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 Number21.9523

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #13; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.23

DescriptionNo. 13 (Tôkaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.13 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16816, 11.26224, *11.36897 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9523

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: (Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 8)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
彫師：なし

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin (#448); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.