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「東海道五十三次人物志 戸塚」
Totsuka, from the series Human-interest Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi jinbutsushi)
「東海道五十三次人物志 戸塚」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.2 x 37.7 cm (10 5/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16018
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tamba (Tanba), Ukiyo-e Edo kara Hakone made (1963), #180; other prints in series: Suzuki 1992, #45-47
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi hitsu
一勇斎国芳筆
一勇斎国芳筆
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、吉村
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.