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「江戸八景 衣紋坂の夜の雨」
Night Rain at Emonzaka (Emonzaka no yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo Hakkei)
「江戸八景 衣紋坂の夜の雨」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 30.5 x 22.2 cm (12 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6144
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #480.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 246.1.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.6144, RES.54.48
Ukiyo-e shûka identifies the publisher of the series as Moriya Jihei, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Ukiyo-e shûka identifies the publisher of the series as Moriya Jihei, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed
Utamaro
歌麿
歌麿
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenanceDecember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Y. Sumitomo; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.