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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
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.
Signed Hiroshige ga
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.