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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
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.