No. 18: Higo, Hyûga, Ôsumi, and Satsuma Provinces, and the Two Islands Iki and Tsushima, from the series Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)

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No. 18: Higo, Hyûga, Ôsumi, and Satsuma Provinces, and the Two Islands Iki and Tsushima, from the series Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)

国尽張交図会　「国尽　十八　肥後　日向　大隈　薩摩　二嶋、壱岐、対馬」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

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

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

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession NumberRES.54.26

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiroshige Mus., Ena, Meisho no hensen (203), #2-18; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #19.18

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8769 (Higo), RES.54.26 (uncut sheet)

Signed Hiroshige ga (on Hyûga)
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：なし

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)