/internal/media/dispatcher/916907/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailUeno Yamashita (Ueno Yamashita), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)1858 (Ansei 5), 10th monthUtagawa Hiroshige IUtagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)Uoya Eikichi (Sakanaya Eikichi, Kinshōdō)Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection21.94460No. 012 (spring section) on the title page for the series. This print is one of three in the series sometimes attributed to Hiroshige II because they were published in the month following the death of Hiroshige I.
MFA impressions: 11.16744, 11.35842, 11.36876.11, 21.9446
春の部。山下は上野広小路の東の火除け地の俗称で、その入口にあった紫蘇飯（しそめし）を出す伊勢屋の店先と、蛇の目傘を差す花見の一行を描く。広重没後の改印があるため二代広重の作とする説もある。 -- 藤澤紫ＫPrints36.000000000023706501