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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), 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 阿波 鳴門の風波」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 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 Number06.823.54
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #55; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.03
DescriptionNo. 55 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.54 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16989, 11.26257, *11.36931 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9539
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯九
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross