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Kyoto: Heian, Coming and Going in the Capital (Kyô, Heian, Rakuchû orai), cut from sheet 12 of the series Cutout Pictures of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô harimaze zue)


東海道張交図絵 十二 「京 平安 洛中往来」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 23 x 13.6 cm (9 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8746
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #46.12; Tanba 1965, #472 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a sheet of four pictures showing Ishibe, Kusatsu, Ôtsu, and Kyoto stations.
MFA impressions: 11.2095 (Ishibe), 11.17209 (uncut sheet), 21,8746 (Kyoto)
Signed Hiroshige
広重
Marks Artist's seal: nine petals
ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.