Evening Bell at Asakusa (Asakusa banshô), from the series Twelve Views of Edo (Edo jûni kei)

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Evening Bell at Asakusa (Asakusa banshô), from the series Twelve Views of Edo (Edo jûni kei)

「江戸十二景　浅草晩鐘」

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 yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.2 x 16.6 cm (4 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9068

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #128.1, pl. 1302; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 235, horizontal yotsugiri #2.1; Matsuki 1939, #546

Signed Hiroshige
広重

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

ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.