Paulownia Plantation at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Paulownia Plantation at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　赤坂桐畑」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.1 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession Number52.1419

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.2, pls. 123, 124; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #52; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.3.1

DescriptionNo. 052 (summer section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 21.9463, 52.1419

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰四
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)