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Theater in Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi shibai), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 猿若町芝居」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.1 x 35.8 cm (9 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9890
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #54.8, pl. 513; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #63.06; Matsuki 1939, #56
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺
彫師:なし
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.