View in Front of Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji mae no kei), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　芝増上寺前の景」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 34.3 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10040

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #15.09; Matsuki 1939, #186

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.1948, *11.2203 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.10040

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.