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Awa Province: Kominato, Uchiura

Woodblock Print
1853 (made)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige (artist)
Place of origin
Tokyo (made)
Japan (made)

Woodblock print, 'Awa Province: Kominato, Uchiura' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan, 1853


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • Awa Province: Kominato, Uchiura (assigned by artist)
  • Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Awa Province: Kominato, Uchiura' 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'
  • 「安房　小湊　内浦」
    Translation
    Awa Province: Kominato, Uchiura
    Transliteration
    'Awa, Kominato, Uchiura'
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
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.3568A-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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