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True View of the Whirlpools of Awa (Awa naruto shinkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)


「諸国名所百景 阿波鳴門真景」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 8th 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.54.190.11
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Strange 1925, p. 193, list #63
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.2576, *11.36300 (deaccessioned in 2019), RES.54.190.11
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画