Mino Province: Yôrô Waterfall (Mino, Yôrô no taki), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)

Signed

Hiroshige hitsu 広重筆

Marks

Censors' seals: (Murata, Kinugasa, Ox 8) Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take

Provenance

By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005) NOTES: [1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Japanese, Edo period, 1853 (Kaei 6), 8th month

• Artist Utagawa Hiroshige I, Japanese, 1797–1858
• Publisher Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei), Japanese
• Blockcutter Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Collections

Asia

Classifications

Prints