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; 24 x 36.2 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9785

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

ProvenanceFebruary 1916, purchased 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.