Benten Shrine at Shinobazu in Ueno (Ueno Shinobazu ike Benten no yashiro), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

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Benten Shrine at Shinobazu in Ueno (Ueno Shinobazu ike Benten no yashiro), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　上野不忍池弁天ノ社」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 8th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 35.4 cm (9 11/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession NumberRES.21.394

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #84.6, pl. 867; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #19.6

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9989, RES.21.394

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
彫師：なし

ProvenanceAcquired by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.