Tango Province: Ama no hashidate (Tango, Ama no hashidate), 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　丹後　天の橋立」

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

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 24.4 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

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

Accession NumberRES.53.181

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #38; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.40

DescriptionNo. 38 (San'indô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.38 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17001, 11.26246, *11.36887 (deaccessioned in 2012), 49.618, RES.53.181

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sôji
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：ホリ宗二

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