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「東海道大井川真写之図」
True Depiction of the Ôi River (Ôikawa shinsha no zu), from the series The Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô)
「東海道大井川真写之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–24 (Bunka 1–Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.3 x 37.3 cm (9 15/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17520
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3915; another print in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), pl. 141
Signed
Shôtei Hokuju ga
昇亭北寿画
昇亭北寿画
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.