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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | The Sumida Embankment in the Eastern Capital (Toto Sumida-tsutsumi) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

The Sumida Embankment in the Eastern Capital (Toto Sumida-tsutsumi)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 4th month 1858


Vertical oban: 35.1 x 23.3 cm., 13¾ x 9¼ in.

Three women alight from a boat onto an embankment of the Sumida river through blossoming cherry trees. The roof of Asakusa Kannon Temple is on the far bank and Mount Fuji is silhouetted in the distance.


For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.5295, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/232974