Evening View of Takanawa (Takanawa yûkei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Evening View of Takanawa (Takanawa yûkei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

Evening View of Takanawa (Takanawa yûkei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　高輪夕景」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.3 x 36.1 cm (9 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10171

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

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

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, 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.