Shinano Province: The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyôdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyôdaisan), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Shinano Province: The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyôdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyôdaisan), 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　信濃　更科田毎月　鏡台山」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 8th 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 Number06.823.25

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #25; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.33

DescriptionNo. 25 (Tôsandô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.25 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17034, 11.26233, *11.36908 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9526

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
彫師：彫竹

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross