Chikuzen Province: Hakozaki, the Road through the Sea (Chikuzen, Hakozaki, kaichû no michi), 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　筑前　筥崎　海中の道」

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 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

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

Accession Number53.2917

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #59; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.42

DescriptionNo. 59 (Saikaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.58 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17005, *11.36921 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36942, 21.8814 (fragment), 53.2917

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)