Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　吉原中之町」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.8 x 36.8 cm (9 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10170

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1374 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.10170

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌三改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.