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「東都名所 外桜田弁慶堀桜の井」
Cherry-tree Well at Benkei Moat outside Sakurada (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori sakura no i), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
「東都名所 外桜田弁慶堀桜の井」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 22 x 34.5 cm (8 11/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9826
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #71.6, pls. 676-677; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #70.06; Tanba 1965, #221; Matsuki 1939, #82
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1081, 21.9826
No publisher's mark on this impression. Both MFA impressions are from the second edition (Sakai pl. 677) as opposed to the first edition, dated 1839-42 by Sakai (pl. 676).
No publisher's mark on this impression. Both MFA impressions are from the second edition (Sakai pl. 677) as opposed to the first edition, dated 1839-42 by Sakai (pl. 676).
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：田中
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：田中
彫師：なし
版元：なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.