Hida Province: Basket Ferry (Hida, Kagowatashi), 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　飛騨　籠わたし」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 32.3 x 24 cm (12 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9525

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #24; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.57

DescriptionNo. 24 (Tôsandô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.24 (deaccessioned in 2019), *06.860 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17030, 11.17031, *11.36906 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36907, 21.9525, RES.53.268

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: (Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 8)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
彫師：彫竹

ProvenanceJanuary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.