Moonlit Evening at Takanawa (Takanawa tsukiyo no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　高輪月夜之図」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

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

Dimensions Kotanzaku; 35.6 x 9.9 cm (14 x 3 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.826

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #107.8, pl. 1077; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 239, kotanzaku #1.5

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.826, 21.7055

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross