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「江戸名所張交図会」「飛鳥山眺望」「猿若町番立」「小金井堤」
Panoramic View from Asuka Hill (Asukayama chôbô), First Performance of the Day in Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi bandachi), On the Embankment at Koganei (Koganei tsutsumi), from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)
「江戸名所張交図会」「飛鳥山眺望」「猿若町番立」「小金井堤」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban (harimaze); 35.6 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 11/16 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 NumberRES.54.10
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #11.2, pls. 108 (uncut, color, gray background), 109 (uncut, color, blue background; blue version not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #8.2; Matsuki 1939, #587 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionSheet of three pictures showing Asukayama (T), Saruwaka-machi (BR), Koganei (BL).
There are at least four color variations of this print: all blue (not in Sakai), color with gray background (Sakai pl. 108), color with blue background (Sakai pl. 109), color with yellow backgorund (not in Sakai)
MFA impressions: 21.8850 (Asukayama, all blue), 21.8855 (Asukayama, color, blue background), 21.8856 (Saruwaka-machi, color, gray background), RES.54.10 (uncut sheet, yellow background)
There are at least four color variations of this print: all blue (not in Sakai), color with gray background (Sakai pl. 108), color with blue background (Sakai pl. 109), color with yellow backgorund (not in Sakai)
MFA impressions: 21.8850 (Asukayama, all blue), 21.8855 (Asukayama, color, blue background), 21.8856 (Saruwaka-machi, color, gray background), RES.54.10 (uncut sheet, yellow background)
Signed
Hiroshige ga (on picture of dancer)
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳七
彫師：なし
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)