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Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 よし原日本堤」
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; 37.3 x 25.3 cm (14 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9502
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.114, pls. 359, 360; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #100; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.113
DescriptionNo. 100 (winter section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16740, 21.9502, RES.52.91
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
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.