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The Opening of the Theater Season at Nichômachi (Nichômachi no kaomise), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 二丁町顔見世」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 17 x 24.7 cm (6 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9977
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #116.7, pl. 1131; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, horizontal chûban #6.7; Matsuki 1939, #376
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, acquired 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.