Tsushima Province: A Fine Evening on the Coast (Tsushima, Kaigan yûbare), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Tsushima Province: A Fine Evening on the Coast (Tsushima, Kaigan yûbare), 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　対馬　海岸夕晴」

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 Number21.9544

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #69; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.44

DescriptionNo. 69 (Saikaido group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16889, *11.36929 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9544

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

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.