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The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series Twelve Views of Edo (Edo jûni kei)


「江戸十二景 隅田川」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–32 (Tenpô 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.5 x 17.3 cm (4 1/2 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9084
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #124.5, pl. 1230; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 234, horizontal yotsugiri #03.05; Matsuki 1939, #540
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.