View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　霞ヶ関之図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.3 x 37.8 cm (9 15/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.529

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #71.3 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #70.3?

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.529, 06.2586

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks No censor's seal
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross