View of Shiba Coast (Shibaura no fûkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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View of Shiba Coast (Shibaura no fûkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　芝うらの風景」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession Number52.1421

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.53, pls. 226, 227; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #108; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.52

DescriptionNo. 108 (winter section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 21.9509, 52.1421

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
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)