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Cherry-blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill (Asukayama hanami no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo, Newly Selected (Shinsen Edo meisho)


「新撰江戸名所 飛鳥山花見之図」
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; 25.6 x 37.4 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9976
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #66.2, pl. 629; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #43.2; Tanba 1965, #239
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.738, 21.9976
Signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画
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.