Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), 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　美作　山伏谷」

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 12th 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 Number06.823.45

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #46; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.64

DescriptionNo. 46 (Sanyôdô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.45 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17128, 11.26242, 21.9535

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross