Evening Bell at Ikegami (Ikegami no banshô), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinkô hakkei no uchi)

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Evening Bell at Ikegami (Ikegami no banshô), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinkô hakkei no uchi)

「江戸近郊八景　池上晩鐘」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.6 x 34.3 cm (8 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5233

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #176; Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #64; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #06.3

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5255, 21.5233

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem by Shunkutei Tareyasu

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.