Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari], 1839-1842

Not on View

series Title

Famous Places in the Bay Capital (Kōto meisho)

Medium

color woodcut on Japanese paper

Dimensions

sheet: 25.4 × 37.47 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

Accession Number

2015.143.95

Artists / Makers

Andō Hiroshige (artist) Japanese, 1797 - 1858

Image Use

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Inscription

in block: Hiroshige ga; lower right verso in graphite: [undeciphered kanji]

Marks and Labels

in block: censor’s seal: (Tanaka Hejiro?) and publisher's mark (Sanoki); stamped verso in black ink: FBB [inside oval]

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia (Lugt 982a); bequest to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bristow, Frank B.
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Bibliography

1996: Sakai, Gankō. Hiroshige, The Collected Edo Landscape Prints = Hiroshige, Edo fūkei hanga daishūsei. Tokyo, Japan, 1996: plate 471 (second edition).