Thriving Business in Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi hanjô no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Thriving Business in Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi hanjô no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　猿若町繁昌の図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.1 x 36.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10046

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #60.6, pls. 703-704; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-9; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #14.6; Matsuki 1939, #184

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.2300 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.10045, 21.10046, 54.412

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

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.