About This Print

One of 118 prints in the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), issued in August 1877 to coincide with the opening of Japan’s first National Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park. Iyo Province (伊予国, Iyo-no-kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku. Iyo bordered on Awa, Sanuki, and Tosa Provinces. It was sometimes called Yoshū (予州).¹

A rough translation of the the print's cartouche is: In Yoshu province in October, hunters are catching wild geese descending to the ground. They hide in holes in the ground and use ogi-shaped nets to catch the geese coming nearby. 

¹ Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyo_Province

Transcription of Scroll

Source: with thanks to Yajifun http://yajifun.tumblr.com/

Wild Geese Hunting in Iyo Province 同國（伊豫）峯越？（鴨）捕図

“豫州の峯々にて九月より十月の頃に至りて朝夕？（カモ）の群がり來り峯を越るを窺ひ獵師艸蔭に穴を堀り扇形の羅（アミ）をもつて穴の中に隠れ近く飛來る？を捕ふ その手ぎハ実に感するにたへたり” ※カモ 鴨

Multiple Editions (Variant Printings)

At least three variant printings (editions) were made of this series.  Each variant printing uses a different colored cartouche containing the series' title, either red, green or rainbow-colored.  Different colored borders were also used and variances in the use of colors and shading are present in the three editions.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#370
Title or Description	Wild Geese Hunting in Iyo Province 同國[伊豫]峯越鳬捕図
Series	Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (Products of Greater Japan)
Artist	Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894)
Signature	Andō Tokubei - artist's family name appearing in the bottom of the cartouche in the left margin. Full cartouche reads 画工 大鋸町四番地 安藤徳兵エ [gakō Ōga machi yon banchi Andō Tokubei]
Seal	none
Publication Date	1877 (Meiji 10)
Publisher	Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛 (Kin'eido; 1843-1921) [Marks: pub. ref. 627] appearing in right margin Full cartouche reads 出版人 日本橋通一丁目十九番地   大倉孫兵衛 (Publisher, Nihobashi-dōri Itchōme 19-banchi, Ōkura Magobei)
Impression	good
Colors	excellent
Condition	good - vertical centerfold
Genre	nishiki-e; kaika-e
Miscellaneous	left margin number marking
Format	chuban
H x W Paper	6 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
H x W Image	6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (16.2 x 22.5 cm)
Literature
Collections This Print	Waseda University Library http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/yo01/yo01_04265/yo01_04265_0002/yo01_04265_0002_p0016.jpg