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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
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.