Higashi Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Gomonzeki), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Higashi Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Gomonzeki), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　浅草御門跡」

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; 25 x 36.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9891

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #54.2, pl. 504; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #63.02; Matsuki 1939, #51

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.2589, 21.9891, RES.48.1

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.