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

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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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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.