View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

Advanced Search

LICENSE IMAGE

ORDER PRINT

DOWNLOAD

View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　霞がせきの図」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.2 x 36 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9847

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #72.5, pl. 686; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #72.05; Matsuki 1939, #100

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1692, 21.9847

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松
彫師：なし

ProvenanceJanuary 1914, 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.