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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Asuka Hill (Asukayama hanazakari), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 あすかやま花盛」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.8 x 37.2 cm (9 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9783
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #70.2, pls. 643-644; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #68.02; Matsuki 1939, #74
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1060, 21.9783
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.