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Dawn at Kanda Myôjin Shrine (Kanda Myôjin akebono no kei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 神田明神曙之景」
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 oban; 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden
Accession Number52.1418
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.38, pls. 195, 196; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #10; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.36
DescriptionNo. 010 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.872 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.36876.9, 11.45675, 52.1418
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)