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View of Ochanomizu (Ochanomizu no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 御茶之水之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–39 (Tenpô 3–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 37.3 cm (9 2/3 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.62
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #51.6, pls. 480-481; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #64.02; Matsuki 1939, #13
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1509 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.24931, 20.62

There are two editions of this series, a first edition from the 1830s and a reprint edition with censorship seals of the 1840s.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)