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「東都名所 芝増上寺雪中ノ図」
Snow at Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjôji setchû no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
「東都名所 芝増上寺雪中ノ図」
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 ôban; 24.8 x 35.8 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9786
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #70.9, pls. 654 (snow), 655 (no snow); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #68.09; Tanba 1965, #204; Matsuki 1939, #75
DescriptionMFA impressions:
With snow, publisher Nunokichi: 21.9787
No snow, no publisher's mark: *06.597 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9786, 52.1044
With snow, publisher Nunokichi: 21.9787
No snow, no publisher's mark: *06.597 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9786, 52.1044
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.