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Mount Atago in Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 芝愛宕山之図」
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; 25 x 37.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9886
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #54.10, pl. 516; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #64.06; Matsuki 1939, #59
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1395 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.1897 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.24930, 21.9886

There are two editions of this series, a first edition from the 1830s and a reprint edition with censorship seals of the 1840s.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMay 1917, 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.