The Gods Play Music to Lure the Imperial Brilliance [= the Sun Goddess] (Shojin gaku o kanete Kôki o sasou), No. 2 from the series Illustrated History of Japan (Honchô nenreki zue)

「本朝年暦図絵　二」　「諸神奏楽誘皇輝」

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1849–50 (Kaei 2–3)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.8 x 37.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.5007.2

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #81.2; other prints in the series: Tanba 1965, #s 443-4

DescriptionThe left edge of this impression is concealed by the album binding.

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし