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Myôken Hall in Yanagishima (Yanagishima Myôken-dô), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 柳嶋妙見堂」
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; 24.1 x 35.9 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9911
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #55.14, pl. 778; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #65.14; Matsuki 1939, #45
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9911, 52.1435
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.