Tosa Province: Bonito Fishing at Sea (Tosa, Kaijô katsuo tsuri), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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Tosa Province: Bonito Fishing at Sea (Tosa, Kaijô katsuo tsuri), 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　土佐　海上松魚釣」

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; 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 Number53.2916

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #58; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.46

DescriptionNo. 58 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.57 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17010, 11.26238, 53.2916

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

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