Miho no Matsubara, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi

「東海道名所之内　三保松原」

Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô (Maruya Tetsujirô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Daijirô (Hori Dai) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.16604

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 99, #0736; Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #18B (58); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-61

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16604, 11.44833, 11.45020, 2009.5009.59

Signed Ôju Chikamaro
応需周麿

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Daijirô
改印：亥六改
彫師：彫大次郎

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.