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Cherry-blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill (Asukayama hanami), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 飛鳥山花見」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 18.9 x 32.3 cm (7 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10074
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #94.2, pl. 997; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #1.1; Matsuki 1939, #358
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.