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Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fūha)

Woodblock Print
1855
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woodblock print. Aiban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Landscape.

Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fūha) (assigned by artist)
  • Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujūyoshū meisho zue) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan, 1855
Physical description
Woodblock print. Aiban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Landscape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.3cm
  • Width: 22.9cm
Taken from register.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「六十余州名所図会」 (Series Title)
    Translation
    Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
    Transliteration
    'Rokujūyoshū meisho zue'
  • 「阿波 鳴門の風波」 (Title)
    Translation
    Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools
    Transliteration
    'Awa, Naruto no fūha'
  • 「広重画」 (Artist signature)
    Transliteration
    'Hiroshige ga'
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.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Collection
Accession number
E.3605A-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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