Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　隅田川三囲堤」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.3 x 33.9 cm (8 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10168

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1850 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.1903, 21.10168, 21.10169

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌二改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceOctober 1913, acquired 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.