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Splendid View from the Top of Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama ue mibarashi no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 真乳山上見晴之景」
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; 24.1 x 36.9 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9910
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #54.18, pl. 524; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #64.13; Matsuki 1939, #46
DescriptionThere 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 No censor's seal
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.