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Kii Province: Waka-no-ura Bay (Kii, Waka-no-ura), 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 紀伊 和歌之浦」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical oban; 35.7 x 23.9 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden
Accession Number52.1415
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #53; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.26
DescriptionNo. 53 (Nankaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.52 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17003, 11.26237, *11.36932 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9538, 52.1415
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯九
彫師:なし
Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)