Bitchû Province: Gôkei (Bitchû, Gôkei), 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　備中　豪渓」

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number53.2926

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #48; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.52

DescriptionNo. 48 (Sanyôdô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.47 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17002, 11.26240, 53.2926

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：なし

Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)