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Furukawa River, Hiroo (Hiroo Furukawa), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 広尾ふる川」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34 x 21.9 cm (13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1191
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.90, pls. 309, 310; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #22; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.89
DescriptionNo. 022 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 00.1191, 11.17021, 11.26342, 11.35845, 21.9451
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Dragon 7; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(改、辰七)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)