A Group of Vignettes: the Nankaido Section
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date8th month rat year, 1852
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1838
DescriptionUpper-right vignette: Kii Province: Kato Saemon Shigeuji Living in the Monastery on Mt. Koyo; lower-right vignette: Sanuki Province: A Sailboat; Upper-left vignette: Awaji Province: A Moonlight Scene on the Coast; Center-right vignette: Awa Province: The Naruto Whirlpool; Center-left vignette: Iyo Province: Catching Birds; Lower-left vignette: Tosa Province: The Fish Called KatsuoOn View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853, 8th month in the year of the Ox
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853, 8th month in the year of the Ox
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 9th month in the year of the Hare
Minsetsu KAWAMURA
published in 1818 (first edition published in 1771)