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Ushimachi in the Takanawa District (Takanawa Ushimachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 高輪うしまち」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 23.8 cm (13 13/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9482
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.70, pl. 262, 263; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.069
DescriptionNo. 081 (fall section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 06.634, 11.17069, 11.35824, 11.36876.55, 11.45635, 21.9481, 21.9482
秋の部。高輪泉岳寺近くの車町は、牛車で荷を運ぶ牛持人足が住したことから俗称を牛町といった。図は牛車を通して沖合いの御台場を望む。車輪と平行して描かれた虹の曲線が印象的である。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳四
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.