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「江都名所 かすみがせき」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Kasumigaseki (with bubbles), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)
「江都名所 かすみがせき」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 22 x 34.6 cm (8 11/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1088
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #49.4, pl. 456; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #11.5 (bubbles)
DescriptionTitle, publisher's mark, and censor's seal in right margin, cut off of this impression.
There are two versions of the Kasumigaseki design, both with the title spelled out completely in hiragana.
With kites in the background: *06.588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17220, 21.8920, 54.393
With soap bubbles blown from a bubble pipe: *06.1088 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39256, 20.48, 21.8897, 21.8898
There are two versions of the Kasumigaseki design, both with the title spelled out completely in hiragana.
With kites in the background: *06.588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17220, 21.8920, 54.393
With soap bubbles blown from a bubble pipe: *06.1088 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39256, 20.48, 21.8897, 21.8898
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross