Cherry-blossom Time at Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô sakura toki), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Cherry-blossom Time at Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô sakura toki), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　新吉原仲の町さくら時」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.9 x 37.1 cm (9 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10009

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #84.25, pls. 891-892; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #19.23

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1149, 21.10009

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
彫師：なし

ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.