The Hongô District

「本郷」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.5 x 35 cm (8 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5341

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #34; Matsuki, Hiroshige Edo fûkei hangashû (1939), #265

DescriptionThis impression is the second edition, with the title Hongô only; the first edition is entitled Comic Poetry Match (Kyôku awase), with poetry.

Signed Ôju Hiroshige ga
応需広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.