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東都名所 吉原雪の朝
Snowy Morning in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara yuki no asa), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
東都名所 吉原雪の朝
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 33.5 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.379
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #54.19 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #64.14; Matsuki 1939, #41
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.379, 21.9887
There are two editions of this series, a first edition from the 1830s and a reprint edition with censorship seals of the 1840s.
There are two editions of this series, a first edition from the 1830s and a reprint edition with censorship seals of the 1840s.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross