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View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Awa Naruto no fûkei), from an untitled set of three triptychs


「安房鳴門之風景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Okazawaya Taheiji (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 76.2 cm (14 13/16 x 30 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.893-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #119; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban triptych #1
DescriptionTriptych: 06.893 (center), 06.894 (right), 06.895 (left)

MFA impressions: 06.893-5, 21.7618-20, 34.390a-c

The set of three triptychs is often interpreted as representing the theme of Snow, Moon, and Flowers, with the whirlpools representing the flowers.
Signed Hiroshige hitsu (on left sheet only)
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳四
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross