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

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Iyo Province: Saijô (Iyo, Saijô), 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　伊予　西条」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
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 Number06.823.56

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #57; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.08

DescriptionNo. 57 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.56 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16829, 11.26258, 53.2915

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
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

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross