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Asakusa, from the series Eight Views of Night Visits to Temples and Shrines (Yomairi hakkei)


「夜参り八景 浅草」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1265
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #102
DescriptionComplete series of eight, 49.1259-49.1266.
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印:渡
彫師:なし
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1949)