View of Takanawa in Moonlight (Takanawa tsuki no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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View of Takanawa in Moonlight (Takanawa tsuki no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　高輪月の景」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24 x 36 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9846

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #72.9, pl. 691; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #72.09; Matsuki 1939, #102

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2119, *11.39259 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9846

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane Collection (lot 327); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.