Looking toward the Saruwaka-machi District from the Top of Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama ue yori Saruwaka-machi o miru zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Looking toward the Saruwaka-machi District from the Top of Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama ue yori Saruwaka-machi o miru zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　真乳山上より猿若町を見図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.6 x 36.8 cm (9 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9819

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #82.10, pls. 804-805; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #71.10; Matsuki 1939, #90

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1697, 21.9819

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 1917, 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.