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「名所江戸百景 水道橋駿河台」
Suidō Bridge and Surugadai (Suidōbashi Surugadai), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
「名所江戸百景 水道橋駿河台」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Sakanaya Eikichi, Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Sakanaya Eikichi, Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.5 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9474
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fūkei (1996), list #12.56, pls. 232, 233; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #48; Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ōban #62.55
DescriptionNo. 048 (summer section) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: 11.16716, 11.36876.34, 21.9474
夏の部。本郷の富士見坂辺りから三崎町、九段方面を望み、神田川と水道橋、遥かに富士山を描く。端午の節句の際、武家が飾る吹流しや鍾馗の絵幟、町家が飾る鯉幟がたなびく。ここでも、手前に対象物を大きく配して遠景を望む手法を用いている。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ
MFA impressions: 11.16716, 11.36876.34, 21.9474
夏の部。本郷の富士見坂辺りから三崎町、九段方面を望み、神田川と水道橋、遥かに富士山を描く。端午の節句の際、武家が飾る吹流しや鍾馗の絵幟、町家が飾る鯉幟がたなびく。ここでも、手前に対象物を大きく配して遠景を望む手法を用いている。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
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
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.