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「東都名所 高輪夕景」
Evening View of Takanawa (Takanawa yûkei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
「東都名所 高輪夕景」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.7 x 37.1 cm (9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9835
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #97.7, pl. 965 (as aiban); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, horizontal aiban #8.7
DescriptionMFA impressions: 20.38, 21.9835, RES.37.9
Publisher's mark in lanterns. All three MFA impressions lack the censor's seal seen on the impression illustrated in Sakai.
Publisher's mark in lanterns. All three MFA impressions lack the censor's seal seen on the impression illustrated in Sakai.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
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.