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The Three Theaters in Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi Sanza), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 猿若街三座」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.5 x 36.5 cm (9 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10001
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #84.19, pl. 885; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-10; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #19.18
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午三
彫師:なし
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.