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「六十余州名所図絵 筑前 筥崎 海中の道」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Chikuzen Province: Hakozaki, the Road through the Sea (Chikuzen, Hakozaki, kaichû no michi), 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 筑前 筥崎 海中の道」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sôji (Japanese)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sôji (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 Number06.823.58
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #59; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.42
DescriptionNo. 59 (Saikaidô group) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: *06.823.58 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17005, *11.36921 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36942, 21.8814 (fragment), 53.2917
MFA impressions: *06.823.58 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17005, *11.36921 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36942, 21.8814 (fragment), 53.2917
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sôji
改印:改、卯九
彫師:ホリ宗二
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sôji
改印:改、卯九
彫師:ホリ宗二
Provenance1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)