Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho), here called Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho), here called Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　新吉原仲之町」　（張交）

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1843–44 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 1)

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

Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 37.6 x 9 cm (14 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7097

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #49.3; Tanba 1965, #464 (uncut sheet); Matsuki 1939, #573 (uncut sheet)

DescriptionFrom a series of five sheets with three small designs each, for a total of fifteen views. On this sheet: 21.7097 (Shin Yoshiwara), 21.8833 (Takanawa), 21.8834 (Ueno).

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし

ProvenanceFebruary 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.