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Cherry-blossom Viewing at Asuka HIll (Asukayama hanami no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho no uchi)


「江戸名所之内 飛鳥山花見之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10066
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #63.2, pls. 748-749; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #22.2; Tanba 1965, #252; Matsuki 1939, #161
DescriptionSakai illustrates an earlier edition, dated around 1839-42, and this second edition, dated by the censor's seal to 1843-47.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter'a mark
改印:田中
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.