Year-end Fair at Asakusa (Tori no machi ichi), from the series Assorted Famous Places of the Eastern Capital in the Four Seasons (Tôto shiki meisho zukushi)

「東都四季名所尽　酉のまち市」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.8 x 24 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number49.1291

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kiô Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche (on main image); Hiroshige (on inset)
喜翁豊国筆(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Koizumi Hori Sen
改印：戌十一改
彫師：小泉彫仙

Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.