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「木曽六十九駅 八幡 布引山ノ道 難波六郎」 初代中村鶴蔵
Road to Mount Nunobiki at Yawata Station (Yawata, Nunobiki-yama no michi): Actor Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Nanba Rokurô, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 八幡 布引山ノ道 難波六郎」 初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17315
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-25
DescriptionStation 25.
Mount Nunobiki shares the name of the Nunobiki Waterfall (although they are in different locations). Nanba Rokurô is a major character in the play Genpei Nunobiki no Taki.
Mount Nunobiki shares the name of the Nunobiki Waterfall (although they are in different locations). Nanba Rokurô is a major character in the play Genpei Nunobiki no Taki.
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫巳の
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.