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Higo Province: Gokanoshô (Higo, Gokanoshô), 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 肥後 五かの庄」
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; 34.6 x 23 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9542
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #64; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.56
DescriptionNo. 64 (Saikaido group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *11.16802 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26262, 21.9541, 21.9542, RES.53.184
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Dragon 3; cut off of this impression)
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.