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View of Ochanomizu (Ochanomizu fûkei), from the series The Eastern Capital (Tôto)


「東都 御茶之水風景」
Shōtei Hokuju (Japanese, 1763–1824)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (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; 24.8 x 36.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 7/16 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.54.108
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 229; Kobe City Art Mus., Megane-e to Tôkaidô (1984), #117; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 132
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)