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Nihonbashi, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 日本橋」
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; 24 x 37.1 cm (9 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8914
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #58.9, pl. 472; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #11.11; Matsuki 1939, #135
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8194, 54.392
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.