Sunset Glow at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hakkei)

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Sunset Glow at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hakkei)

「名所江戸八景　両国の夕照」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban triptych; 25.5 x 56.4 cm (10 1/16 x 22 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7843-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #115.7, pl. 1124; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, chûban triptych #1.6

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7843 (right), 21.7844 (center), 21.7845 (left)

Signed Hiroshige ga (on each sheet)
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松
彫師：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.