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「江戸名所 浅草東本願寺の図」
Higashi Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Higashi Hongan-ji no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
「江戸名所 浅草東本願寺の図」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23 x 35.8 cm (9 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.421
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #60.1, pl. 696; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #14.1; Matsuki 1939, #182
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.10031, 54.421
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)