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Myôken Temple in Yanagishima (Yanagishima Myôken), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 柳しま妙見」
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; 35.9 x 12.4 cm (14 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7065
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #103.19, pl. 1046; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #4.19; Matsuki 1939, #610
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7065, 21.7068
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.