The Tanabata Festival in the Great City of Edo (Ô-Edo shichû Tanabata matsuri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjûrokkei)

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The Tanabata Festival in the Great City of Edo (Ô-Edo shichû Tanabata matsuri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjûrokkei)

「不二三十六景　大江戸市中七夕祭」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 18.5 x 25 cm (7 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9557

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 235, horizontal chûban #31.03

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26283, 11.39245, 21.9557

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
彫師：なし

ProvenancePurchased 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.