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Satsuma Province: Bô Bay, The Two-sword Rocks (Satsuma, Bô no ura, Sôkenseki), 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 薩摩 坊ノ浦 双剣石」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.185
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #67; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.30
DescriptionNo. 67 (Saikaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17079, 11.26264, RES.53.185
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:改、辰三
彫師:彫竹
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)