Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple (Mii no banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

「近江八景　三井晩鐘」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.5 x 16.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession Number42.47

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 238, vertical chûban #4.7

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: Omou sono/ akatsuki chigiru/ hajime zo to/ matsu kiku Mii no/ iriai no kane
おもふその　あかつきちきる　はしめそと　まつきく三井の　入相のかね

Provenance1942, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 12, 1942)