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「諸国名橋奇覧 摂州天満橋」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
The Tenma Bridge in Settsu Province (Sesshû Tenmabashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyô kiran)
「諸国名橋奇覧 摂州天満橋」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; about 25.4 × 38.1 cm (10 × 15 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17599
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #19.09
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17599 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.25216, 21.10179
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.