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Evening View of Takanawa (Takanawa no yûkei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 高輪之夕景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–38 (Tenpô 3–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.4 x 34.4 cm (8 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9871
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #51.21, pl. 495; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #66.14; Tanba 1965, #187; Matsuki 1939, #19
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.2070 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26198, 11.26199, 11.39269, 20.68, 21.9871

Title, censor's seal, and publisher's mark in right margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in lower right margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
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.