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Eight Views of the Sumida River: Returning Sails at Azuma-bashi Bridge (Sumidagawa hakkei, Azuma-bashi kihan), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Tôto meisho no uchi)


「東都名所之内 隅田川八景 吾妻橋帰帆」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 20 x 34.6 cm (7 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9758
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #, pls. 985-987; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, horizontal aiban #11.1; Tanba 1965, #207; Matsuki 1939, #371
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.