Complete View of the Sumida River: Snow Scene (Sumidagawa zenzu, setchû kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Complete View of the Sumida River: Snow Scene (Sumidagawa zenzu, setchû kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　隅田川全図雪中景」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 73.5 cm (14 5/8 x 28 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number49.1230-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #16.14, pls. 391-392; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #77.18

DescriptionTriptych: 49.1230 (left), 49.1231 (center), 49.1232 (right)

Signed Ôju Ichiryûsai Hiroshige hitsu (left sheet)
応需一立斎広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: November 10, 1949)