Untitled harimaze sheet with six designs, clockwise from TR: calligraphy; bridge pillars; camellia; the Noh play Dôjô-ji; dancers

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Untitled harimaze sheet with six designs, clockwise from TR: calligraphy; bridge pillars; camellia; the Noh play Dôjô-ji; dancers

張交　書、橋の裏、椿、道成寺、踊り

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical aiban (harimaze); 33.1 x 22.5 cm (13 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession NumberRES.54.16

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8886 (dancers), RES.54.16 (uncut sheet)

Signed Ryûsai (on bridge pillars and dancers), Tôkai (on camellia), Hiroshige (on Dôjô-ji)
立斎、東海、広重

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)