Benkei Moat outside Sakurada (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Benkei Moat outside Sakurada (Soto Sakurada Benkeibori), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　外桜田弁慶堀」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), intercalary 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 33.6 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9924

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #80.14, pl. 843; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #9.18.2; Tanba 1965, #265; Matsuki 1939, #210

DescriptionMFA impressions:
Aritaya edition: 21.9924, 21.9925, RES.49.172
Yamadaya edition: 06.1655

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger intercalary 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅壬七
彫師：なし

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.