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Sheet 3: clockwise from top right, Priest Rōben's Waterfall (Rōben no taki); Ferryboat at Tamura (Tamura, wataribune); Morning Mist at the Fudō Hall in Front of Ōyama (Ōyama mae Fudō, asagiri); Valley of the Buddha's Descent on Mount Sekison (Sekison san Raigō ga tani); Souvenir Woodwork from Koyasu (Koyasu, miyage hikimono); from the series Cutout Pictures of the Road to Ōyama (Ōyama dōchū harimaze zue)


大山道中張交図絵 「良弁之滝」 「田村 渡船」 「大山前不動 朝霧」 「石尊山来迎ヶ谷」 「子安 土産挽物」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban (harimaze); 36.5 x 25.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Wheeler
Accession Number33.1166.53
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ōban #14.3; Tamba (Tanba), Ukiyo-e Edo kara Hakone made (1963), #354
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8750 (Fudō Hall), 33.1166.53 (uncut sheet)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu (top left)
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午六
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBetween 1876 and 1880, acquired in Japan by William Wheeler (b. 1851 - d. 1932) and Fannie (Hubbard) Wheeler (b. 1853 - d. 1942), Concord, MA [see note]; 1933, gift of Mrs. William Wheeler to the MFA. (Accession date: December 15, 2006)

NOTE:
William Wheeler worked as an educator and engineer in Hokkaido, Japan from 1876 to 1880. He served as the president of Sapporo Agricultural College from 1877-1879.