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The Spiral Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku rakan Sazaidô), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 五百羅漢さゞゐ堂」
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; 22.6 x 34.4 cm (8 7/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9869
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #51.13, pls. 488-489; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #66.08; Matsuki 1939, #25
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.940 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2206 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17245 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39271, 20.74, 21.9869, 21.9870

Title, censor's seal, and pubilsher's mark in right margin, cut off and mounted separately.
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.