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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」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
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
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 00.1219VR (two right sheets: 00.1219, 00.1221), 00.1220 (right sheet only)
Signed Hiroshige ga
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
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)