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「江戸八景 衣紋坂の夜の雨」
Night Rain at Emonzaka (Emonzaka no yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo Hakkei)
「江戸八景 衣紋坂の夜の雨」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 31.3 x 22.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/8 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.54.48
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #480.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 246.1.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.6144, RES.54.48
Ukiyo-e shûka identifies the publisher of the series as Moriya Jihei, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Ukiyo-e shûka identifies the publisher of the series as Moriya Jihei, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)