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Fukakusa Village, Grave of Shôshô, Cherry Tree of Shôshô, Gensei-ji Temple (Fukakusa no sato, Shôshô-zuka, Shôshô-zakura, Gensei-ji), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), aka Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi


「東海道名所之内 深草の里 少将つか せうせうさくら 元政寺」
Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Iseya Shônosuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16660
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #66A (149); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-143
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16660, 11.44896, 11.44943, 2009.5009.148
Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga
一英斎芳艶画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:亥五改
彫師:片田彫長
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.