Shima Province: Mount Hiyori and Toba Harbor (Shima, Hiyoriyama, Toba minato), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

「六十余州名所図絵　志摩　日和山　鳥羽湊」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 25 cm (14 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.823.8

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #8; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.32

DescriptionNo. 8 (Tôkaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.8 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17059, 11.26227

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ta
改印：米良、渡辺、丑七
彫師：彫多

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross