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Higo Province: Gokanoshô (Higa, Gokanoshô), 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 肥後 五かの庄」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 2/3 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.184
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #64; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.56
DescriptionNo. 64 (Saikaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *11.16802 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26262, 21.9541, 21.9542, RES.53.184
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰三
彫師:なし
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)