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Emonzaka in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Emonzaka no zu), from the series Famous Hills in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho saka-zukushi no uchi)


「東都名所坂つくしの内 吉原衣紋阪之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 26 x 37.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9804
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #73.10, pl. 669; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #73.10; Matsuki 1939, #114
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9804, RES.11.5700
Signed Hiroshige ga
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.