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Outside the Toranomon Gate (Toranomon soto no zu), from the series Fine Views of Edo (Kôto shôkei)


「江都勝景 虎之門外之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.3 x 37.7 cm (9 15/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8942
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #8.4; Matsuki 1939, #145; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Edo engei hana zukushi (2009), #32
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8942, RES.49.173
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
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.