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Cherry Blossoms in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara sakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 吉原桜之図」
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; 24.2 x 37.2 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8915
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #58.13, pl. 476; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #12.3; Matsuki 1939, #137
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.