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True View of Takanawa (Takanawa shinkei), cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 高輪真景」 (張交)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)
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; 19.2 x 17.5 cm (7 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8833
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, vertical ôban #49.3; Tanba 1965, #464 (uncut sheet); Matsuki 1939, #574 (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 Hiroshige ga
広重画
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.