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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom along the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hanazakari), from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 隅田川はな盛」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.4 x 37.8 cm (9 5/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.45
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #49.7, pl. 459; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #11.10
DescriptionMFA impressions:
First edition, with publisher's mark "Kikakudô" (Sakai pl. 459): 06.2608, 11.41825, 20.45
Second edition, with publisher's mark "Sanoki: (Sakai pl. 471): RES.52.93, RES.54.184
Publisher's mark cut off, all deaccessioned in 2019: *06.1506, *11.2096, *11.2295
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)