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Cherry-blossom Viewing at Ueno (Ueno hanami)), cut from one sheet of the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)


江戸名所張交図会 「上野花見」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 23.2 x 8.7 cm (9 1/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8860
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #11.5, pls. 113 (uncut sheet, full color), 114 (uncut sheet, blue); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #08.05; Matsuki 1939, #585 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a sheet of four pictures showing Nihonbashi (R), Ueno (TC), Megoro (TL), Kaian-ji (BL).

MFA impressions: 06.1628 (Nihonbashi), 21.8846 (Nihonbashi, blue), 21.8859 (Meguro, blue), 21.8860 (Ueno), RES.54.8 (uncut sheet)
Signed (this picture unsigned)