Higashi Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Higashi Hongan-ji no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Higashi Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Higashi Hongan-ji no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　浅草東本願寺の図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.9 x 35.9 cm (9 x 14 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10031

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #60.1, pl. 696; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #14.1; Matsuki 1939, #182

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.10031, 54.421

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
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.