Dawn inside the Yoshiwara (Kakuchû shinonome), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Dawn inside the Yoshiwara (Kakuchû shinonome), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　廓中東雲」

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; 35.6 x 23.9 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10425

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.30, pls. 178, 179; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #38; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.28

DescriptionNo. 038 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.26339, 11.36876.28, 21.10425

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

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.