Shôshô, from the series Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)

「曽我物語図絵」　「少将」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 23.7 x 22.5 cm (9 1/3 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number49.614

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal [sic] ôban #46.18

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松
彫師：なし

Provenance1949, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession date: September 15, 1949)