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Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûni dai no uchi)


「東京拾二題 隅田川」
Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876–1950)
Japanese
Taishô–Shôwa era
1926 (Taishô 15/Shôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 27.9 x 40.9 cm (11 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number35.1872
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Swinton, Terrific Tokyo (1999), #37; Abe 1987, #057
DescriptionPrinted by the artist (jizuri).
Abe identifies the time of day as afternoon; Swinton identifies it as morning. There is no subtitle on the actual print.
Signed Yoshida (in block)
Marks Artist's seal: Hiroshi
ProvenanceBy 1935, Mrs. Wilmot R. Evans, Boston; 1935, sold by Mrs. Evans to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935)