No. 15, Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô

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No. 15, Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô

「五十三次名所図会　十五　吉原　不二の沼浮島が原」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5262

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.15

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16779, 11.30265, 11.45400 (creped), 21.5262, RES.52.87 (Meiji reprint from Edo blocks)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
彫師：なし

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.