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Zôjô-ji Temple at Shiba in Snow (Shiba Zôjô-ji setchû no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 芝増上寺雪中之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.5 x 34.2 cm (8 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9812
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #82.7, pl. 800; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #71.07; Matsuki 1939, #92
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.520, 21.9812, 21.9813

Publisher's mark in lower right margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.