Shinobazu Pond (Shinobazu no ike), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

「江戸名所　不忍の池」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.2 x 36 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession NumberRES.52.96

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #79.9, pl. 815; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #09.11

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9942, RES.52.96

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし

Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)