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Returning Sails at Gyôtoku (Gyôtoku no kihan), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinkô hakkei no uchi)


「江戸近郊八景 行徳帰帆」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 26 x 37.9 cm (10 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5234
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #179; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #6.4
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5230, 21.5234

The first edition of this series was privately commissioned for the poetry club headed by Taihaidô Nomimasu. This is the second edition, with slightly more worn blocks and fewer poems included in each design.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Y. Sumitomo; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.