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広重の死絵
Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige
広重の死絵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 9th 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 Number11.15638
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), p. 29; Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 81; Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 136; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #266
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15638, 21.6988
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 9
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午九
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午九
彫師：横川彫竹
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.