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View of Takanawa (Takanawa no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 高輪之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.8 x 35.3 cm (9 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9751
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #68.8, pls. 618-619; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #62.09; Matsuki 1939, #63
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9750, 21.9751

No publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.