Kii Province: Waka-no-ura Bay (Kii, Waka-no-ura), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Kii Province: Waka-no-ura Bay (Kii, Waka-no-ura), 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　紀伊　和歌之浦」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9538

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #53; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.26

DescriptionNo. 53 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.52 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17003, 11.26237, *11.36932 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9538, 52.1415

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯九
彫師：なし

ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.