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Horikiri Iris Garden (Horikiri no hanashôbu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 堀切の花菖蒲」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 22.2 cm (14 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9469
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.97, pls. 325, 326; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #64; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.96
DescriptionNo. 064 (summer section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16827, 11.36876.42, 21.9469
夏の部。鐘ヶ淵に程近い堀切は湿地帯で、四季の花々の栽培でしられる。特に文化年間(1804~18)に土地の百姓伊左衛門が栽培した花菖蒲が著名で、舟や駕籠で多くの人が訪れた。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake intercalary 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳壬五
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.