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Nihon Embankment near the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihon-zutsumi), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 吉原日本堤」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 21.3 x 33.8 cm (8 3/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10076
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #94.14, pl. 1010; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #1.11; Matsuki 1939, #355
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Artist's seal: Utagawa
ProvenanceJanuary 1914, 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.