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Dawn over Nihon Embankment at Emonzaka in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Nihon-zutsumi Emonzaka akebono), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 新吉原日本堤衣紋坂曙」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.5 x 35.6 cm (9 1/4 x 14 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9833
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #68.6, pl. 616; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #62.07; Matsuki 1939, #67
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.522 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9833, RES.37.7
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.