Shōhei Bridge, Seidō, Kanda River, from the series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Yale University Art Gallery

9th month, 1857

Asian Art

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Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Dimensions: 13 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (33.4 × 22.3 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1950.434
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, to 1950; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Publisher's seal mark: Shitaya Uoei 下谷魚栄 (rectangular, relief, lower left margin)\r\nCensor's seal marks: Mi ku 巳九 (9th month 1857, year of the snake) (oval, relief, upper right margin) & Aratame 改 (round, relief, upper right margin)\r\n

Inscriptions

Meisho Edo hyakkei: Shōhei-bashi, Seidō, Kanda-gawa 名所江戸百景　昌平橋･聖堂･神田川 (upper right)

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (lower left)

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