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Cherry Blossoms at Night in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara yozakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 吉原夜桜ノ図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.5 x 34 cm (8 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9898
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #55.15, pl. 779; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #65.15; Matsuki 1939, #40
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1483 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.24940, 21.9898, 2009.5007.10
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.