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Scattered Pines, Tone River (Tonegawa Barabara-matsu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 利根川ばらばら松」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9473
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.77, pls. 279-282; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #71; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.76
DescriptionNo. 071 (summer section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1090 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26351, 11.35839, 11.36876.47, 11.45647, 21.9473

夏の部。利根川は関東一の名流で坂東太郎の異名を持つ。ばらばら松は広重の『絵本江戸土産』にも登場するが、場所は諸説ある。川魚を獲る投網と、その勢いに驚くかのように飛ぶ白鷺の姿を描く。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰八
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.