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Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan

Woodblock Print
1853 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woodblock print, 'Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan, 1853


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan (assigned by artist)
  • Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan, 1853
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「六十余州名所図会」
    Translation
    Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
    Transliteration
    'Rokujūyoshū meisho zue'
  • 「出羽 最上川 月山遠望」
    Translation
    Dewa Province: Mogami River, A Perspective View of Mount Gassan
    Transliteration
    'Dewa, Mogamigawa, Gassan enbō'
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Collection
Accession number
E.3579A-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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