The Precincts of the Benten Shrine at Susaki (Susaki Benten keidai), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)

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The Precincts of the Benten Shrine at Susaki (Susaki Benten keidai), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)

「江都名所　須崎弁天境内」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.7 x 36 cm (8 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8909

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #58.7, pl. 470; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #11.09; Tanba 1965, #216; Matsuki 1939, #144

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.783 (deaccessioned in 2019), *06.1664 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.24939, 21.8909, 21.8910, 2009.5007.13

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.