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Tsukudajima from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 永代橋佃しま」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.9 x 22.4 cm (13 3/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9445
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.19, pls. 156, 157; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #4; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.17
DescriptionNo. 004 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16728, *11.35847 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.35848, 11.36876.5, 21.9445
春の部。画面左に永代橋の橋脚が描かれる。手前が石川島、奥が隅田川河口に浮かぶ佃島で、将軍家にも献上される名物の白魚漁が行なわれている。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: (aratame, Snake 2; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:(改、巳二)
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.