Ômi Province: Lake Biwa, Ishiyama Temple (Ômi, Biwako, Ishiyamadera), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Ômi Province: Lake Biwa, Ishiyama Temple (Ômi, Biwako, Ishiyamadera), 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　近江　琵琶湖　石山寺」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 7th 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 Number06.823.22

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #22; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.21

DescriptionNo. 22 (Tôsandô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.22 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16879, 11.26235, *11.36879 (deaccessioned in 2012), 53.2913

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、丑七
彫師：彫竹

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross