Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　よし原仲の町」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 15.7 x 21.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9055

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, horizontal chûban #04.29; Matsuki 1939, #423

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 1915, acquired 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.