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First Cuckoo of the Year at Tsukudajima (Tsukudajima hatsu hototogisu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 佃島初廓公」
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; 24.9 x 38.6 cm (9 13/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5245
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #6; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #46.8, pls. 447-448; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #61.08; Matsuki 1939, #3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26197, 21.5245
Signed Ichiyûsai Hiroshige ga
一幽斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.