Whaling at Gotō in Hizen Province, from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japanese, 1826–1869)

8th month, 1859

Asian Art

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Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1969.31.46

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Publisher’s seal mark: Shitaya Uoei ban 下谷魚栄版 (rectangular, relief, lower left margin)\r\nCensor’s seal mark: Hitsuji hachi aratame 未八改 (8th month 1859, year of the sheep) (round, relief, lower left margin above the publisher’s mark)\r\n

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (lower left)

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