Kaga Province: The Eight Wonders of Kanazawa, The Fishing Fires on Lake Renko (Kaga, Kanazawa hasshô no uchi, Renko no isaribi), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Kaga Province: The Eight Wonders of Kanazawa, The Fishing Fires on Lake Renko (Kaga, Kanazawa hasshô no uchi, Renko no isaribi), 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　加賀　金沢八勝之内　蓮湖之漁火」

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; 33.7 x 22.3 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession Number52.1414

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #32; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.22

DescriptionNo. 32 (Hokurikudô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.32 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16753, 11.26252, *11.36880 (deaccessioned in 2012), 52.1414

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

Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)