Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), 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　阿波　鳴門の風波」

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

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9539

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #55; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.03

DescriptionNo. 55 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.54 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16989, 11.26257, *11.36931 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9539

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

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.