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「江都名所 かすみがせき」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Kasumigaseki (with kites), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)
「江都名所 かすみがせき」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 37.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.588
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #58.3, pl. 466; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #11.5 (kites)
DescriptionThere are two versions of the Kasumigaseki design, both with the title spelled out completely in hiragana.
With kites in the background: *06.588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17220, 21.8920, 54.393
With soap bubbles blown from a bubble pipe: *06.1088 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39256, 20.48, 21.8897, 21.8898
With kites in the background: *06.588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17220, 21.8920, 54.393
With soap bubbles blown from a bubble pipe: *06.1088 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39256, 20.48, 21.8897, 21.8898
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross