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Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 隅田川水神の森真崎」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34 x 22.3 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9456
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.59, pls. 238, 239; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #35; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.58
DescriptionNo. 035 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.36876.26, 11.45667, 21.9456, 21.9457
春の部。真崎(まっさき)と水神の森を隅田川対岸の向島より見る。正面には筑波山を望む。画面下の道は橋場の渡しに通じ、水神の森(祭神は船魂神(ふなたまのかみ))は船頭達の信仰を集めた。桜の名所としても名高い。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Dragon 8; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(改、辰八)
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.