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「東都名所 堀切の花菖蒲」
Iris Garden at Horikiri (Horikiri no hanashôbu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
「東都名所 堀切の花菖蒲」
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 24.9 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1220
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 00.1219VR (two right sheets: 00.1219, 00.1221), 00.1220 (right sheet only)
MFA impressions: 00.1219VR (two right sheets: 00.1219, 00.1221), 00.1220 (right sheet only)
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
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)