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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Edo: Asakusa Fair (Edo, Asakusa no ichi), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)


「六十余州名所図絵 江戸 浅草市」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 25 cm (14 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.823.17
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #17; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.14
DescriptionNo. 17 (Tôkaidô group) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: *06.823.17 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16834, *11.36915 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ko-Sen
改印:福、村松、丑十
彫師:彫小仙
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross