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View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya (Massaki-hen yori Suijin no mori Uchigawa Sekiya no sato o miru zu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 真崎辺(まっさきあたり)より水神の森内川関屋の里を見る図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.9 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9459
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.98, pl. 327, 328; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.097
DescriptionNo. 036 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 06.867, 11.36876.25, 11.45653, 21.9458, 21.9459
春の部。真崎稲荷は参詣すればまっさきに願いがかなうとされ、江戸でも人気の稲荷であった。境内には豆腐田楽(とうふでんがく)で有名な甲子屋(きのえねや)などの茶店や料亭が多い。図もこれらの店の二階の円窓越しに、水神社の鳥居、関屋の里を望む。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳八
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.