The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)
江戸名所張交図会 「すみだ川」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 7th month
Artist Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858), Publisher Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #11.1, pls. 106 (uncut sheet, full color) and 107 (uncut sheet, blue); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #08.01; Tanba 1965, #107 (uncut sheet); Matsuki 1939, #584 (uncut sheet)
Dimensions
Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 12.4 x 14.4 cm (4 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.8878
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
From a sheet of five pictures showing Asakusa (TR), Sumidagawa (BR), Mukôjima (BL), Mimeguri (TL), Kaminarimon (C).
MFA impressions: 21.8868 (Mimeguri, blue), 21.8869 (Mimeguri, color), 21.8870 (Asakusa, blue), 21.8871 (Asakusa, color), 21.8877 (Mukôjima), 21.8878 (Sumidagawa), RES.54.13 (uncut sheet)
Signed
(this picture unsigned)
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection