Evening Bell at Miidera Temple (Mii banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Evening Bell at Miidera Temple (Mii banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

Evening Bell at Miidera Temple (Mii banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

「近江八景　三井晩鐘」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.5 x 17 cm (9 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9031

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 238, chûban #5.7

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Omou sono/ akatsuki chigiru/ hajime zo to/ matsu kiku Mii no/ iriai no kane

ProvenanceMay 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.