Horikiri, from the series Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meishô zue) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Horikiri, from the series Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meishô zue)

Horikiri, from the series Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meishô zue)

「江戸名所図絵　堀切」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1188

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌九改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)