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Koume Embankment (Koumezutsumi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 小梅堤」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.4 x 22 cm (13 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10443
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.41, pls. 201, 202; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #104; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.40
DescriptionNo. 104 (winter section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16742, 11.36876.66, 21.10443
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Snake 2; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(改、巳二)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 423); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.