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Year-end Fair at Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan toshi no ichi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 浅草金龍山年ノ市」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.2 x 37.9 cm (9 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9907
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #55.1, pls. 761-762; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #65.3; Tanba 1965, #230; Matsuki 1939, #53
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.784 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9907
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰九
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.