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View of Takanawa in Moonlight (Takanawa tsuki no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 高輪月之景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 22 x 34 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9829
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #, pls. 952-953; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, horizontal aiban #07.07; Matsuki 1939, #322
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.