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Nihonbashi Bridge in Snow (Nihonbashi setchû), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 日本橋雪中」
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; 23.9 x 37.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9834
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #68.10 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #62.11; Tanba 1965, #200; Matsuki 1939, #62
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.6824, 21.9834
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.