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「東都名所 外桜田弁慶堀桜の井」
Cherry-tree Well at Benkei Moat outside Sakurada (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori sakura no i), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
「東都名所 外桜田弁慶堀桜の井」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 37 cm (9 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1081
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #71.6, pls. 676-677; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #70.6; Tanba 1965, #221; Matsuki 1939, #82
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1081, 21.9826
Both MFA impressions are from the second edition (Sakai pl. 677) as opposed to the first edition, dated 1839-42 by Sakai (pl. 676).
Both MFA impressions are from the second edition (Sakai pl. 677) as opposed to the first edition, dated 1839-42 by Sakai (pl. 676).
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