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Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima Tenjin sakaue tenbô), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 湯しま天神坂上眺望」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.8 x 24.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.113, pls. 357, 358; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #117; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.112
DescriptionNo. 117 (winter section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16685, 11.36876.74, 11.45673, 21.9514, 21.9515
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰四
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.