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「五十三次名所図会 三十七 赤坂 縄手道にて弥次郎北八を狐とおもひててふちゃくする」
No. 37, Akasaka: On the Nawate Road, Yajirôbei Takes Kitahachi for a Fox and Beats Him (Akasaka, Nawatemichi ni te Yajirôbei Kitahachi o kitsune to omohite chôchaku suru), from Famous Sights of the 53 Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue) (Vertical Tôkaidô)
「五十三次名所図会 三十七 赤坂 縄手道にて弥次郎北八を狐とおもひててふちゃくする」
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16781
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
HIraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #22; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.37
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16781, 11.30287, 21.5278
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
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.