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True View of Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba, cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 芝増上寺真景」 (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; 18 x 17.2 cm (7 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8836
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, vertical ôban #49.2; Tanba 1965, #462 (uncut sheet); Matsuki 1939, #576 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a series of five sheets with three small designs each, for a total of fifteen views. On this sheet: 21.7096 (Asukayama), 21.8836 (Shiba Zôjô-ji), 21.8837 (Sumidagawa).
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.