Sado Province: The Goldmines (Sado, Kanayama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Sado Province: The Goldmines (Sado, Kanayama), 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　佐渡　金やま」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 9th 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 Number06.823.36

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #36; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.28

DescriptionNo. 36 (Hokurikudô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.36 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16918, 11.26255, *11.36899 (deaccessioned in 2012)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：浜、馬込、丑九
彫師：彫竹

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross