Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari]
1839-1842
Andō Hiroshige
Artist, Japanese, 1797 - 1858
Artwork overview
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Medium
color woodcut on Japanese paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 37.47 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.143.95
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Series Title
Famous Places in the Bay Capital (Kōto meisho)
More About this Artwork
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Artwork history & notes
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
Bibliography
1996
Sakai, Gankō. Hiroshige, The Collected Edo Landscape Prints = Hiroshige, Edo fūkei hanga daishūsei. Tokyo, Japan, 1996: plate 471 (second edition).
Inscriptions
in block: Hiroshige ga; lower right verso in graphite: [undeciphered kanji]
Markings
in block: censor’s seal: (Tanaka Hejiro?) and publisher's mark (Sanoki); stamped verso in black ink: FBB [inside oval]
Wikidata ID
Q77012573