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Hashiba Ferry on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Hashiba no watashi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 隅田川橋場の渡」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1846–47 (Kôka 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.7 x 34.5 cm (8 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9815
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #82.9, pl. 803; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #71.09; Tanba 1965, #220; Matsuki 1939, #95
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9814, 21.9815

Publisher's mark in lower right margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: (Mera, Murata; in lower right margin, cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(米良、村田)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.