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Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple (Mii banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)


「近江八景 三井晩鐘」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 24.6 x 35.6 cm (9 11/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number53.2051
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #16.7
DescriptionKey block of a Meiji reproduction: RES.49.29
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳三
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Omou sono/ akatsuki chigiru/ hajime zo to/ matsu kiku Mii no/ iriai no kane
おもふその あかつきちきる はしめそと まつきく三井の 入相のかね
Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.