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「江戸八景 両国夕照」
Sunset Glow at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)
「江戸八景 両国夕照」
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.4 x 38.9 cm (10 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2617
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14793, 21.6901
Reprinted from the picture book Ehon Edo Murasaki.
Reprinted from the picture book Ehon Edo Murasaki.
Signed
Toyohiro ga
豊広画
豊広画
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.