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両国橋上下 （上）
On Top of and beneath Ryôgoku Bridge
両国橋上下 （上）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.9 x 53 cm (15 5/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7437-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), 254; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #299.1-3 (upper tier); Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 19.1.1-3; Ukiyo-e zenshû 3 (1956), fig. 40; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #376 (complete); Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #318
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of triptych, from upper half of of two-tier hexaptych): 21.7437 (left), 21.7438 (right)
The lower half: 11.14484-6, 21.7404-6
The lower half: 11.14484-6, 21.7404-6
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.