Iyo Province: Saijô (Iyo, Saijô), 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　伊予　西条」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

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

Accession Number53.2915

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #57; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.08

DescriptionNo. 57 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.56 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16829, 11.26258, 53.2915

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sôji
改印：改、卯九
彫師：ホリ宗二

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