Evening Bell at Ueno (Ueno banshô), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Evening Bell at Ueno (Ueno banshô), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)

Evening Bell at Ueno (Ueno banshô), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)

「江戸八景　上野晩鐘」

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)

Japanese

Edo period

1790s

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25 x 38.5 cm (9 13/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6903

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #302; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 51

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14794, 21.6903

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.