Portrait of the Old Master Toyohiro (Shiso Toyohiro ô zô)

「師祖豊広翁像」

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)

Japanese

Meiji era

about 1888 (Meiji 21)

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

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 18.2 x 24.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number53.2056

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPublished 60 years after the death of Toyohiro, which occurred in either 1828 or 1829.
本図には豊広の没年を文政11年没とするが、『原色浮世絵大百科事典』では文政12年とする。

Signed Nisei Ichiryûsai Hiroshige keihaku (respectfully uttered)
二世一立斎広重敬白

Marks Artist's seals: Ryûsai, Hiro
立斎

Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.