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Iki Province: Shisa (Iki, Shisa), 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 壱岐 志作」
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 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9543
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #68; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.09
DescriptionNo. 68 (Saikaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16920, 11.26265, 21.9543, RES.53.186
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
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 11, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.