Cherry Blossoms at Night on Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô yozakura), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Cherry Blossoms at Night on Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô yozakura), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　新吉原仲の町夜ざくら」

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; 21.5 x 34 cm (8 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9784

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #70.10, pl. 656; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #68.10; Matsuki 1939, #78

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.619, *11.2255 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9784, 21.9785

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.