Star Lanterns at Hyakuninmachi in Aoyama in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Aoyama Hyakuninmachi hoshi tôrô), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Star Lanterns at Hyakuninmachi in Aoyama in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Aoyama Hyakuninmachi hoshi tôrô), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

Star Lanterns at Hyakuninmachi in Aoyama in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Aoyama Hyakuninmachi hoshi tôrô), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

「諸国名所百景　東都　青山　百人町　星燈籠」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.4 cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Michael and Barbara Stedman in memory of Pauline Epstein

Accession Number2009.5126

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Strange 1925, p. 192 (not listed?)

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

ProvenanceBetween 1985 and 1995, gift of Pauline Epstein (d. 1995) to her daughter and son-in law, Barbara and Michael Stedman; 2009, gift of Barbara and Michael Stedman to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2009)