Spring Scene at Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô haru no kei), from the series Famous Places in Edo, Newly Selected (Shinsen Edo meisho)

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Spring Scene at Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô haru no kei), from the series Famous Places in Edo, Newly Selected (Shinsen Edo meisho)

「新撰江戸名所　新吉原仲之町春之景」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 38 cm (9 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9970

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #66.10, pl. 637; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #43.10; Tanba 1965, #238

Signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 464); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.