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「名所江戸百景 芝愛宕山(しば あたごやま)」
Mount Atago, Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
「名所江戸百景 芝愛宕山(しば あたごやま)」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10412
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.52, pls. 224-225; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.51
DescriptionNo. 021 (spring section) on the title page for the series. The inscription above the artist's signature reads "Third day of the first month, the messenger of Bishamon."
MFA impressions: 11.16691, 11.35846, 11.45672, 11.36876.16, 21.10412
春の部。落款部分に「正月三日毘沙門使(びしゃもんのつかい)」とあるように、愛宕神社の地主神(じしゅしん)毘沙門天を祭る強飯式(ごうはんしき・大鉢の飯を食べさせる行事)を描く。愛宕山は大地の東端にあり江戸の町を一望できた。遠景に江戸湾を望む。 -- 藤澤紫K
MFA impressions: 11.16691, 11.35846, 11.45672, 11.36876.16, 21.10412
春の部。落款部分に「正月三日毘沙門使(びしゃもんのつかい)」とあるように、愛宕神社の地主神(じしゅしん)毘沙門天を祭る強飯式(ごうはんしき・大鉢の飯を食べさせる行事)を描く。愛宕山は大地の東端にあり江戸の町を一望できた。遠景に江戸湾を望む。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed
Hiroshige ga
正月三日毘沙門使 広重画
正月三日毘沙門使 広重画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳八
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳八
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 427); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.