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Hikawa Shrine at Akasaka (Akasaka Hikawa), from the series Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meishô zue)


「江戸名所図絵 赤坂氷川」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (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 Number00.1210
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:戌九改
彫師:ホリ長
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)