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Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 新吉原朝桜之図」
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; 24.3 x 38.2 cm (9 9/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5248
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #46.4, pl. 443; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #61.04; Tanba 1965, #183; Matsuki 1939, #8
Signed Ichiyûsai Hiroshige ga
一幽斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: Wakai oyaji
改印:極
ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.