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Night Rain at Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama yau), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)


「江戸八景 待乳山夜雨」
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)
Japanese
Edo period
1790s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.8 x 38.6 cm (9 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6902
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #303; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 54
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14788, 21.6902

Some prints in the series have the mark of publisher Tsuruya Kinsuke, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Reprinted from the picture book Ehon Edo Murasaki.
Signed Toyohiro ga
豊広画
ProvenanceAugust 1916, 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.