View of Takanawa in Moonlight (Takanawa tsuki no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　高輪月の景」

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 35.5 cm (9 1/16 x 14 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2119

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #72.9, pl. 691; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #72.09

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2119, *11.39259 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9846

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし

ProvenanceOctober 16, 1911, gift of Denman Waldo Ross