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Morning Glory, cut from an unititled harimaze sheet


朝顔 (張交)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical aiban sheet; 17.8 x 11 cm (7 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8805
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, aiban #18 (a set of 17 sheets of Edo meisho, not listed individually)? (but this sheet seems to be miscellaneous images rather than Edo meisho)
DescriptionFrom a sheet of four images, including 21.8808 (upper left), 21.8805 (upper right), and 21.8883 (lower right).
An impression of the uncut sheet is in the Minneapolic Institute of Arts, accession no. 81.133.120 (illustrated on website).

The unusual signature Ogachô, a pun on Hiroshige's address, is on 21.5336 and 21.8805.
Signed Ogachô (a pun on Hiroshige's address)
雄雅蝶 (=大鋸町)
Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai