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「江戸名所 猿若町芝居顔見世繁栄之図」
Saruwaka-machi Bustling at the Opening of the Theater Season (Saruwaka-machi shibai kaomise han'ei no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
「江戸名所 猿若町芝居顔見世繁栄之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.7 x 36.7 cm (9 5/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10020
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), p. 10; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #62.7, pl. 742; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-8; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #16.7; Matsuki 1939, #222
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.877, 06.1262, 21.10020
No publisher's mark on this impression.
No publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.