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

「江戸名所　飛鳥山花見の図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 8th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 34.2 cm (8 9/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9993

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #84.5, pl. 866; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #19.5

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9993, 2015.3263

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
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.