Prosperity at Owari-chô in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Owari-chô hanka no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Prosperity at Owari-chô in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Owari-chô hanka no zu)

Prosperity at Owari-chô in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Owari-chô hanka no zu)

A View of the Hotei-ya Dry Goods Store
「東都尾張町繁花之図」　布袋屋

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.5 x 37.2 cm (9 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5340

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #58; Matsuki, Hiroshige Edo fûkei hangashû (1939), #123

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、丑七
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 1917, 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.