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「六十余州名所図絵 肥後 五かの庄」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Higo Province: Gokanoshô (Higo, Gokanoshô), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)
「六十余州名所図絵 肥後 五かの庄」
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16802
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #64; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.56
DescriptionNo. 64 (Saikaidô group) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: *11.16802 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26262, 21.9541, 21.9542, RES.53.184
MFA impressions: *11.16802 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26262, 21.9541, 21.9542, RES.53.184
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰三
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.