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Leafy Cherry Trees on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hazakura no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 隅田川葉桜之景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–32 (Tenpô 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.1 x 38.1 cm (9 1/2 x 15 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5238
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #46.6, pl. 445; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #61.06; Suzuki, Hiroshige (1970), #95; Matsuki 1939, #10
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5238, 21.5246
Signed Ichiyûsai Hiroshige ga
一幽斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.