Object number1984.55.7
Foxfires: New Year's Eve at Oji
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date1857
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重)
(Japanese, 1797-1858)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 13 x 8 11/16 in. (33 x 22 cm)
Sheet (Vertical ōban): 14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)
Sheet (Vertical ōban): 14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Coonley Faulkner, class of 1924
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c (Edo Period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right, in block: 広重画 (Hiroshige ga)
InscribedOn recto, upper right, in block: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo hyakkei) Foxfires: New Year's Eve at Oji (王子装束ゑの木大晦日の狐火 Ōji Shōzoku enoki Ōmisoka no kitsunebi)
MarkingsOn recto, lower left edge, censor's seals in block: atatame, Snake 9 「改、巳九」
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Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重)
c. 1832-1838
Culture: Japanese