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Azuma Wood (Azuma no mori), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 吾妻之森」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.6 x 36.2 cm (9 5/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9909
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #55.3, pls. 764-765; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #65.1; Matsuki 1939, #50
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.929 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9909, 54.398
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.