Parody of the Akashi Chapter: Evening Moon at Takanawa (Mitate Akashi, Takanawa no yuzuki), from the series Famous Places in Edo and Murasaki's Genji (Edo Murasaki meisho Genji)

「江戸むらさき名所源氏　見立あかし」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.2 x 22.6 cm (13 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Accession Number47.24

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #6.5; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G110 (no photos)

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし

Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)