Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), 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　美作　山伏谷」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.7 x 22.4 cm (13 1/4 x 8 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9535

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #46; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.64

DescriptionNo. 46 (Sanyôdô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.45 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17128, 11.26242, 21.9535

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Ox 12)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：なし

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