View of Ushijima across the Asakusa River from the Mouth of the San'ya Moat (Asakusagawa San'ya-bori iriguchi mukai Ushijima no kei), from the series The Eastern Capital (Tôto)

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View of Ushijima across the Asakusa River from the Mouth of the San'ya Moat (Asakusagawa San'ya-bori iriguchi mukai Ushijima no kei), from the series The Eastern Capital (Tôto)

「東都　浅草川　山谷堀入口向　牛島之景」

Shôtei Hokuju (Japanese, 1763–1824)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1804–24 (Bunka 1–Bunsei 7)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 36.5 cm (9 11/16 x 14 3/8 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.54.105

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), pl. 135

Signed Shôtei Hokuju ga
昇亭北寿画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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