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Zôjô-ji Temple (Zôjô-ji), from the series Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meishô zue)


「江戸名所図絵 増上寺」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16839
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:酉十改
彫師:彫長
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.