Advanced Search
「江戸名所四十八景 第七 神田明神」
Requires Photography
No. 7, Kanda Myôjin Shrine (Kanda Myôjin), from the series Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei)
「江戸名所四十八景 第七 神田明神」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.2 × 17.7 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.975.61
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1744 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.20559, 11.26421, 2016.1226, 2011.975.61
Album entitled Genji gajô: 2011.975.1-.108
源氏画帖
2011.975.1 to .54: Kunisada, The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase), complete chûban series
2011.975.55 to .102: Hiroshige II, Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei), complete chûban series
2011.975.103 to .108: Hirokage, fragments of six heavily trimmed ôban prints from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
Album entitled Genji gajô: 2011.975.1-.108
源氏画帖
2011.975.1 to .54: Kunisada, The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase), complete chûban series
2011.975.55 to .102: Hiroshige II, Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei), complete chûban series
2011.975.103 to .108: Hirokage, fragments of six heavily trimmed ôban prints from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: (Chicken 1 aratame; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(酉正改)
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(酉正改)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 23, 2011)