NIght Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake (Akasaka Kiribatake uchû yûkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　赤阪桐畑雨中夕けい」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
In the manner of: Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 23.1 cm (14 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10427

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.3, pl. 125; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), p. 12, fig. 1; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.3.2

DescriptionThis design was added to the series after the death of Hiroshige I in 1858, apparently as a substitute for his design of 1856 depicting Akasaka Kiribatake.

MFA impressions: 11.26352, 21.10427

Signed Nisei Hiroshige ga
二世広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未四改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.