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Cherry Blossoms in Rain along the Sumida River (Sumidagawa uchû no hana), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho no uchi)


「江戸名所之内 隅田川雨中の花」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–42 (Tenpô 10–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.6 x 36 cm (9 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10061
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #63.9, pl. 757; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #22.9; Matsuki 1939, #166
DescriptionMFA impressions:
First edition, without censor's seal: 21.10061, 21.10062
Second edition, with censor's seal: 06.1404, 21.10063, 21.10064

No publisher's mark on this impression; series published by Maruya Jinpachi.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.