Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge (Nihonbashi Edobashi) | Edo period, 19th century
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge (Nihonbashi Edobashi)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), censor's seal aratame (examined), published by Uoya Eikichi, 12th month 1857
Vertical oban: 37.1 x 25.4 cm., 14⅝ x 10 in.
This print is the first of the summer designs in the series.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.35821, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/460238
For a further impression in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, object number A-9124-44, go to: