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Kinryûzan Temple at Asakusa in Snow (Asakusa Kinryûzan setchû no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 浅草金龍山雪中之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 19.9 x 35 cm (7 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9800
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #67.01; series: Matsuki 1939, #s 315-320 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2028, 21.9800
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.