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「江都名所 かすみがせき」
Kasumigaseki (with kites), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)
「江都名所 かすみがせき」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.1 x 36.2 cm (9 1/16 x 14 1/4 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 Number54.393
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #58.3, pl. 466; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #11.5 (kites)
DescriptionThere are two versions of the Kasumigaseki design, both with the title spelled out completely in hiragana.
With kites in the background: *06.588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17220, 21.8920, 54.393
With soap bubbles blown from a bubble pipe: *06.1088 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39256, 20.48, 21.8897, 21.8898
With kites in the background: *06.588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17220, 21.8920, 54.393
With soap bubbles blown from a bubble pipe: *06.1088 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39256, 20.48, 21.8897, 21.8898
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)