Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Ueno (Ueno hanazakari), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Ueno (Ueno hanazakari), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Ueno (Ueno hanazakari), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　上野花盛」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 37.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10052

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #88.3, pl. 919; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #17.3

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳九
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.