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Kanasugi Bridge and Shibaura (Kanasugibashi Shibaura), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 金杉橋芝浦」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9480
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.32, pls. 182, 183; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #80; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.30
DescriptionNo. 080 (fall section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16712, 11.45661, 21.9480, 52.1425
秋の部。汐留橋から高輪までが芝浦で、金杉川(上流は赤羽川)が注いでいた。金杉橋は東海道が金杉川を渡る橋で、本図手前に描かれる。橋の上には池上本門寺(いけがみ  ほんもんじ)への参詣の一行がひしめき合い、幟に「魚栄梓」と版元名が記されている。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳七
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.