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Ferry across the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no watashi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 隅田川の渡」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.9 x 13 cm (14 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7064
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #103.14, pl. 1042; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #4.14; Matsuki 1939, #615
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.