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Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudô Shinobazu no ike), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 上野清水堂不忍ノ池」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.7 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10407
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.15, pl. 149; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.13
DescriptionNo. 011 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.26340, 11.36876.10, 21.10407, RES.48.30
春の部。京都の清水寺に模された清水堂(きよみずどう)から不忍池を見渡す。満開の桜の花が美しい。画面左の、円を描く枝振りが満月のような通称「月の松」は、本シリーズ「上野山内月のまつ」にも再び描かれている。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰四
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.