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「名所江戸百景 逆井（さかさい）のわたし」
The Ferry Crossing at Sakasai (Sakasai no watashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
「名所江戸百景 逆井（さかさい）のわたし」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9471
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.46, pls. 212, 213; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #67; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.45
DescriptionNo. 067 (summer section) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: 11.16698, 11.36876.44, 21.9471; and fragments: 21.8817, 21.8818, 21.8819, 21.8820
夏の部。図は江戸と下総を流れる中川にあった逆井の渡しを、亀戸側から描く。手前に白鷺を、対岸には小松菜で有名な西小松川村新町の町並みを配し、遠くには房総半島の山並みを描く。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ
MFA impressions: 11.16698, 11.36876.44, 21.9471; and fragments: 21.8817, 21.8818, 21.8819, 21.8820
夏の部。図は江戸と下総を流れる中川にあった逆井の渡しを、亀戸側から描く。手前に白鷺を、対岸には小松菜で有名な西小松川村新町の町並みを配し、遠くには房総半島の山並みを描く。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.