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Suwa Shrine at Niekawa Station (Niekawa, Suwa no yashiro): Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Katsuyori, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)


「木曽六十九駅 熱川 諏訪社 勝頼」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17319
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionStation 34.

Takeda Katsuyori, the fiancé of Yaegaki-hime, is a character in the play Honchô Nijûshi Kô, which takes place on the shores of Lake Suwa.
Play: Honchô Nijushikô
本朝廿四孝
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:福、村松、子十
彫師:彫竹
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.