Tossing Earthenware Dishes at Asuka Hill (Asukayama kawarake nage), from the series The Pride of Edo: Thirty-six Scenes (Edo jiman sanjû rokkei)

「江戸自慢　三十六興　飛鳥山投土器」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.5 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1208

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Takeuchi, "Media," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 140 (2001), fig. 1; Kita City Asukayama Mus., Meisho no jôkei (1999), #89

Signed Kiô Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche; Hiroshige ga
喜翁豊国筆(年玉印)

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tashichi
改印：子八改
彫師：彫多七

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)