Cherry Blossoms at Night along Nakano-chō in Yoshiwara, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

19th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

8 7/8 × 13 3/4 in. (22.5 × 34.9 cm)

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift

Accession Number

1948.92

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Private Collection, New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1948
Bibliography
  • George J. Lee, Edo Culture in Japanese prints, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1972), 41, no. 4
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Lozenge seal [might indicates Shiba Shinmei-mae Kikakudō 芝神明前喜鶴堂]　(relief, upper right after the signature)

Inscriptions

Not written on the surface but known from other examples: Tōto meisho: Yoshiwara Nakano-chō yozakura 東都名所　吉原仲之町夜櫻\r\nNakano-chō 仲の町 (lower left)\r\nChaya meguri 茶屋廻 (lower centre)\r\n

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (upper right)

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