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Summer Moon at Ryôgoku (Ryôgoku natsu no tsuki), from the series Three Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho mittsu no nagame)


「江戸名所三つの眺め 両国夏の月」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 33.7 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10023
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #64.3, pls. 586-587; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #24.3; Tanba 1965, #245; Matsuki 1939, #306
DescriptionMFA impressions:
First edition (Sakai pl. 586): 21.10024
Second edition (Sakai pl. 587): *11.1899 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.24920, 21.10023

No publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (Tanaka; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印:(田中)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJanuary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.