Cherry Blossoms at Night on Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô yozakura), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Cherry Blossoms at Night on Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô yozakura), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　吉原仲之町夜桜」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1832–38 (Tenpô 3–9)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 26 x 38.2 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9862

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #8; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #51.31, pl. 502; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #66.21; Tanba 1965, #25; Matsuki 1939, #18

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.2073 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.24932, 11.39266, 11.39267, 20.66, 21.9861, 21.9862

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.