Iga Province: Ueno (Iga, Ueno), 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　伊賀　上野」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 31.8 x 20.8 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—MFA Chinese Expedition, 1923-24

Accession NumberRES.54.190.1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #6; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.05

DescriptionNo. 6 (Tôkaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.6 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17019, 11.26229, 21.9521, RES.54.190.1

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: (Mera), Watanabe, Ox 7
Blockcutter's mark: (Hori Ta, cut off of this impression)
改印：（米良）、渡辺、丑七
彫師：（彫多）