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Drawing for: The Niijuku Crossing (Niijuku no watashi), from the series Ferry Crossings in Katsushika in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Katsushika watashiba zukushi)


東都葛飾渡し場尽 「新宿のわたし」 (下絵)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Ink on paper
Dimensions Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 21.6 x 29.6 cm (8 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number53.433
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #141; the print: Faulkner, Hiroshige Fan Prints (2001), pl. 42; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 230, fans #66.2; Matsuki and Yamada, Ichiryûsai Hiroshige dansen-e (1924), #113
Signed Unsigned
Provenance1953, sold by Warren E. Cox and Associates, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 14, 1953)