Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-chô (Bakuro-chô Hatsune no Baba), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-chô (Bakuro-chô Hatsune no Baba), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　馬喰町初音の馬場」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.7 x 22.5 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession Number52.1417

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #103; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.85, pls. 299-301; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #6; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.86

DescriptionNo. 006 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16849, 11.36876.6, 52.1417

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳九
彫師：なし

Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)