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Suwa Bluff, Nippori (Nippori Suwanodai), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 日暮里諏訪の台」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 23.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9447
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.81, pls. 289, 290; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #15; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.80
DescriptionNo. 015 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16688, 11.35843, 11.36876.14, 21.9447
春の部。諏訪神社は元享2年(1322)の建立とされ、花見の人々で賑わう境内が描かれる。この諏訪の台からは東北方面が見渡せ、画面右下には新堀(にっぽり)村(後の日暮里)の家々の屋根が連なる。右遠方の山は筑波山。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰五
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.