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Mount Atago, Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 芝愛宕山(しば あたごやま)」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10412
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.52, pls. 224-225; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.51
DescriptionNo. 021 (spring section) on the title page for the series. The inscription above the artist's signature reads "Third day of the first month, the messenger of Bishamon."

MFA impressions: 11.16691, 11.35846, 11.45672, 11.36876.16, 21.10412
春の部。落款部分に「正月三日毘沙門使(びしゃもんのつかい)」とあるように、愛宕神社の地主神(じしゅしん)毘沙門天を祭る強飯式(ごうはんしき・大鉢の飯を食べさせる行事)を描く。愛宕山は大地の東端にあり江戸の町を一望できた。遠景に江戸湾を望む。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
正月三日毘沙門使 広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳八
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 427); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.