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Image Not Available for Fragment cut from: No. 8, Spring on the Sumida River Embankment (Sumida-zutsumi no yayoi), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)

Fragment cut from: No. 8, Spring on the Sumida River Embankment (Sumida-zutsumi no yayoi), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)

(Japanese, active 1855–1865)
1859 (Ansei 6), 5th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsFragment of vertical ôban; 25.2 × 17.7 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession number2011.975.107
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 23, 2011)