Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　紀の国坂赤坂溜池遠景」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.3 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10434

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.39, pls. 197, 198; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #85; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.37

DescriptionNo. 085 (fall section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16703, 11.36876.58, 21.10434

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳九
彫師：なし

ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 415); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.