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Original Fuji, Meguro (Meguro Moto-Fuji), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 目黒元不二(めぐろ もとふじ)」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.7 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10414
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.108, pls. 347, 348; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #25 ; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, ôban #62.107
DescriptionNo. 025 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17077, 11.36876.18, 21.10414, 21.10415
春の部。文化9年(1812)に現上目黒(かみめぐろ)1丁目付近に築かれた富士塚。高さは三、四尺(約9~12m)で富士信仰の人々が数多く訪れたという。落語「目黒のさんま」では殿様がさんまを堪能する場所として登場する。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳四
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from C. H. Chandler; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.