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Cherry Blossoms at Asuka Hill (Asukayama no hana), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 飛鳥山の花」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), intercalary 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.4 x 34 cm (8 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9949
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #80.3, pl. 830; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #9.3; Matsuki 1939, #214
DescriptionSecond edition, published by Yamashiroya Jinbei; the first edition was published by Aritaya Seiemon.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger intercalary 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、寅壬七
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMay 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.