Suô Province: Iwakuni, Kintai Bridge (Suô, Iwakuni, Kintaikyô), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Suô Province: Iwakuni, Kintai Bridge (Suô, Iwakuni, Kintaikyô), 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　周防　岩国　錦帯橋」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.2 x 22.7 cm (13 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.862

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #51; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.36

DescriptionNo. 51 (Sanyôdô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.50 (deaccessioned in 2019), *06.862 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16983, *11.26244 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.30495

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：彫千之助

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross