Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Asuka Hill (Asukayama manka no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Asuka Hill (Asukayama manka no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　飛鳥山満花之図」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.4 x 36.3 cm (9 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9849

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #72.2, pls. 682-683; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #72.02; Matsuki 1939, #107

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17239, 21.9849

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.