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View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Awa Naruto no fûkei), from an untitled set of three triptychs

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
(Japanese)
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 75.5 cm (14 7/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit LineNellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession number34.390a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceNellie Parney Carter (b. 1852 - d. 1933), Boston; 1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)
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about 1791 (Kansei 3)
Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)
Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Shaving the Head of Fukurokuju
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1822 (Bunsei 5)
Yoshida: The Toyokawa River Bridge (Yoshida, Toyokawabashi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
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1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Komachi on the Gravepost (Sotoba Komachi), from the series Fashionable Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Fûryû bijin nana Komachi)
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Parrot Komachi (Ômu Komachi), from the series Fashionable Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Fûryû bijin nana Komachi)
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Visit to a Shrine for the Shichigosan Festival, from an untitled series of Toba-e
1811–3 (Bunka 8–10)
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about 1825 (Bunsei 8)