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

「夜参り八景　一つ目」

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 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number49.1266

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3025; 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)