Ômi Province: Lake Biwa, Ishiyama Temple (Ômi, Biwako, Ishiyamadera), 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　近江　琵琶湖　石山寺」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number53.2913

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #22; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.21

DescriptionNo. 22 (Tôsandô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.22 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16879, 11.26235, *11.36879 (deaccessioned in 2012), 53.2913

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、丑七
彫師：彫竹

Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)