Ueno Yamashita (Ueno Yamashita), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　上野山した」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Or: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9446

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.17, pl. 152; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.015

DescriptionNo. 012 (spring section) on the title page for the series. This print is one of three in the series sometimes attributed to Hiroshige II because they were published in the month following the death of Hiroshige I.

MFA impressions: 11.16744, 11.35842, 11.36876.11, 21.9446
春の部。山下は上野広小路の東の火除け地の俗称で、その入口にあった紫蘇飯（しそめし）を出す伊勢屋の店先と、蛇の目傘を差す花見の一行を描く。広重没後の改印があるため二代広重の作とする説もある。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午十
彫師：なし

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.