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「東海道五十三次之内 小田原 酒匂川」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Odawara: The Sakawa River (Odawara, Sakawagawa), first (?) state, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 小田原 酒匂川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban, creped; about 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17260
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.10
DescriptionNo. 10 in the series, first (?) state, with two figures on the near bank.
MFA impressions of the Odawara design:
First (?) state (two figures on near bank, Strange #10):
*06.1495 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17260 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.23085, 11.26104, 11.30190, 21.5012, 2009.2411.10
Second (?) state (five figures on near bank, rounded mountains, Strange #10b):
11.17302, 11.30189, 21.5022
Third (?) state (five figures on near bank, pointed mountains, Strange #10c):
*06.1419 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17301, 21.5021
Fake based on second and/or third state (Strange #10a):
*11.2139 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26105, 21.5020
MFA impressions of the Odawara design:
First (?) state (two figures on near bank, Strange #10):
*06.1495 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17260 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.23085, 11.26104, 11.30190, 21.5012, 2009.2411.10
Second (?) state (five figures on near bank, rounded mountains, Strange #10b):
11.17302, 11.30189, 21.5022
Third (?) state (five figures on near bank, pointed mountains, Strange #10c):
*06.1419 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17301, 21.5021
Fake based on second and/or third state (Strange #10a):
*11.2139 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26105, 21.5020
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
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.