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Benten Hill at Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan Bentenyama no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho no uchi)


「江戸名所之内 浅草金龍山弁天山之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 37.3 cm (9 5/8 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10067
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #63.1, pls. 746-747; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #22.1; Matsuki 1939, #160
DescriptionNo publisher's mark on this impression; series published by Maruya Jinpachi.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.