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「名所江戸百景 目黒爺々が茶屋」
Grandpa's Teahouse, Meguro (Meguro Jijigachaya), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
「名所江戸百景 目黒爺々が茶屋」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 33.5 x 21.8 cm (13 3/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16875
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.104, pls. 339, 340; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #84; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.103
DescriptionNo. 084 (fall section) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: 11.16875, 11.36876.57, 21.9485
秋の部。目黒川の北側の台地は富士見の名所であった。ここにある茶屋は富士見茶屋と呼ばれたが、江戸時代初めに三代将軍家光が鷹狩の折に立ち寄り老夫婦が歓待したことから、爺々が茶屋の名でも親しまれた。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ
MFA impressions: 11.16875, 11.36876.57, 21.9485
秋の部。目黒川の北側の台地は富士見の名所であった。ここにある茶屋は富士見茶屋と呼ばれたが、江戸時代初めに三代将軍家光が鷹狩の折に立ち寄り老夫婦が歓待したことから、爺々が茶屋の名でも親しまれた。 -- 藤澤紫Ｋ
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seals: (aratame, Snake 4; cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：（改、巳四）
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：（改、巳四）
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.