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View of the Hongô District (Hongô no kei), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 本郷之景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24 x 35.7 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10012
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #84.39, pl. 912; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #19.37
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1091, 21.10012
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、寅四
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.