Bikuni Bridge in Snow (Bikunibashi setchû), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　びくにはし雪中」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Or: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10445

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), p. 67; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.89, pls. 305-308; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #114; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.88

DescriptionNo. 114 (winter section) on the title page for the series. This print is one of three in the series sometimes attributed to Hiroshige II because they were published in the month following the death of Hiroshige I.

MFA impressions: 11.17065, 11.36876.71, 11.42900, 11.45663, 21.10445, 21.10446

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午十
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.