Opening of the Gate Building at Zôjô-ji Temple at Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji Sanmon-biraki), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Opening of the Gate Building at Zôjô-ji Temple at Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji Sanmon-biraki), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　芝増上寺山門ひらき」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 23.5 x 35.4 cm (9 1/4 x 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9832

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #97.5, pls. 962-963; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, horizontal aiban #08.05

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Taka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：高
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.