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

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Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), 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　長門　下の関」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9537

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #52; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.48

DescriptionNo. 52 (Sanyôdô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.51 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17032, *11.36936 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36941, 21.8537, RES.49.28 (key block)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰三
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 9, 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the F. May sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.