Kôzuke Province: Mount Haruna Under Snow (Kôzuke, Harunasan setchû), 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　上野　榛名山雪中」

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; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9527

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #26; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.27

DescriptionNo. 26 (Tôsandô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.26 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17104 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.17106, 11.26232, 11.36877, *11.36909 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9527

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

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

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 11, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.