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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Bingo Province: Abuto, Kannon Temple (Bingo, Abuto, Kannondô), 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 備後 阿武門 観音堂」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
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 Number06.823.48
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #49; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.53
DescriptionNo. 49 (Sanyôdô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.48 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17088, *11.36937 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36938
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:改、丑十二
彫師:彫竹
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross