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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Goten-yama (Goten-yama hanazakari), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 御殿山花盛」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 37.2 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9796
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #?, pl. 855; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #60.04; first edition: Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #50.3, pls. 528-529
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9796, 54.403

From a reprint edition, with altered title, of a series originally called Edo meisho no uchi, published around 1832-34.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.