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Sunset Glow at Koganei Bridge (Koganei-bashi no sekishō), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinkō hakkei no uchi)


「江戸近郊八景 小金井橋夕照」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpō 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ōban; 21.8 x 33.9 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5228
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #177; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fūkei (1996), list #52.5, pl. 579; Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ōban #06.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5227, 21.5228

The first edition of this series was privately commissioned for the poetry club headed by Taihaidō Nomimasu. This is the second edition, with slightly more worn blocks and fewer poems included in each design.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoems by Umeya and Nomimasu
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.