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「東都名所 不忍之池」
Shinobazu Pond (Shinobazu no ike), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
「東都名所 不忍之池」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.4 x 38.1 cm (9 3/16 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9836
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #68.4, pl. 614; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #62.04; Matsuki 1939, #66
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2160 (Masudaya), *11.2250 (Masudaya, deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9836 (no mark; first edition?)
No publisher's mark on this impression, but probably the first edition, published by Kawaguchiya Shôzô.
No publisher's mark on this impression, but probably the first edition, published by Kawaguchiya Shôzô.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.