Iwami Province: Mount Takazuno, Salt Beach (Iwami, Takazunoyama, Shiohama), 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　石見　高津山　汐浜」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession NumberRES.52.89

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #43; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.13

DescriptionNo. 43 (San'indô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.43 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.16997 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26249, *11.36892 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9531, RES.52.89

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sôji
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：ホリ宗二

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