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Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 猿若町よるの景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10436
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.47, pls. 214, 215; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #90; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.46
DescriptionNo. 090 (fall section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.26348, 11.35840, 11.36876.60, 21.10436, 21.10437
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰九
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the sale of Mr. Judson D. Metzgar's collection (lot #396) at the American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.