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Takata Riding Grounds (Takata no baba), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 高田の馬場」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.7 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10447
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.69, pls. 260, 261; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #115; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.68
DescriptionNo. 115 (winter section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.638 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26341, 11.36876.72, 11.45638, 21.10447
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳正
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.