Untitled harimaze sheet with five designs, clockwise from TR: Calligraphy; the Jewel River of Musashi Province (Bu Tamagawa); Courtesan by Lamp; Iris; Cuckoo

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Untitled harimaze sheet with five designs, clockwise from TR: Calligraphy; the Jewel River of Musashi Province (Bu Tamagawa); Courtesan by Lamp; Iris; Cuckoo

張交　書、「武玉川」、行灯と遊女、花菖蒲、時鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical aiban (harimaze); 33.4 x 22.2 cm (13 1/8 x 8 3/4 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.54.18

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, aiban #18 (series of 17 prints, not listed individually); Matsuki 1939, #591 (uncut sheet)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.761a (courtesan only), 21.8881 (Tamagawa only), 21.8882 (courtesan only), RES.54.18 (uncut sheet)

Signed Hiroshige (on courtesan), Tôkai (on iris), Ryûsai (on cuckoo)
広重、東海、立斎

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)