Awaji Province: Goshiki Beach (Awaji, Goshiki hama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Awaji Province: Goshiki Beach (Awaji, Goshiki hama), 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　淡路　五色浜」

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 Number06.823.53

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #54; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.04

DescriptionNo. 54 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.53 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17072, 11.26236, *11.36930 (deaccessioned in 2012), 53.2914

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tomo
改印：改、卯九
彫師：彫友

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross