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Flower Pavilion, Dango Slope, Sendagi (Sendagi Dangozaka Hanayashiki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 千駄木団子坂花屋敷(せんだぎ だんござか はなやしき)」
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; 35.2 x 24 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9448
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.65, pls. 250, 251; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #16; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.64
DescriptionNo. 016 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16715, 11.36876.15, 21.9448
春の部。団子店が並ぶ団子坂(千駄木坂とも)は眺めのよさで多くの人が訪れた。画面上部には元植木屋楠田宇平次(くすだ うへいじ)の屋敷「紫泉亭(しせんてい)」(別名花屋敷)が見え、手前の桜がうららかな春の様を伝える。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Dragon 5; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(改、辰五)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJuly 1912, 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.