View of Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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View of Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　真乳山之図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4) reprint of 1830s design

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.1 x 36.2 cm (9 1/16 x 14 1/4 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.54.115

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #51.28, pl. 501; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #66.20; Matsuki 1939, #24

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.24935, 21.9885, RES.54.115 (1840s reprint)

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし

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