About This Print
A view of cherry trees in bloom along the Sumida River, with strollers taking in their beauty and small boats plying the river.About the Series Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo
As with many of Hiroshige II's prints, the prints comprising the series Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo borrowed from his teacher Utagawa Hiroshige I, as can be seen from the Hiroshige I print Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom along the Sumida River below.
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom along the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hanazakari),
from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (Kōto meisho), 1839-1842
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11.2295
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1565 |
| Title or Description | Sumida River, No. 17 すみ田川 Sumidagawa |
| Series | Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo 江戸名所四十八景 Meisho Edo yonjūhakkei |
| Artist | Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | none |
| Publication Date |  酉正改 Rooster 1 aratame |
| Publisher |  Seal reading 蔦吉板 Tsutakichi han |
| Impression | good |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - soiling primarily in lower and right margins;minor edge damage to margins; 4 pin holes from book binding right margin; not backed; margins untrimmed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e, fūkei-ga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | vertical chūban |
| H x W Paper | 10 1/8 x 7 7/16 in. (25.7 x 18.9 cm) |
| Literature | 9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.9 x 16.8 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston : 06.1751, 11.20549, 11.26411 ; Austrian Museum of Applied Arts BI 17426-1-30; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 2004.026.017; Waseda University Library 請求記号 Call No. チ05 03815 (the entire series bound in book form); Victoria & Albert E.5276-1916 |
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