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Moon on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no tsuki), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 隅田川之月」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 33.9 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9937
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #79.13, pl. 819; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #09.16; Matsuki 1939, #201
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.614 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.2045, 21.9937
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.