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「東海道五十三次之内 荒井 渡舟ノ図」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Arai: Ferryboat (Arai, watashibune no zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 荒井 渡舟ノ図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
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 Number11.17425
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.32
DescriptionNo. 32 in the series.
MFA impressions: *06.1391 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.1973 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17425 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.17426, 11.23095, 11.26124, 11.38882, 11.38883, 11.38884, 21.5052, 21.5053, 21.5054, 2009.2411.32
MFA impressions: *06.1391 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.1973 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17425 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.17426, 11.23095, 11.26124, 11.38882, 11.38883, 11.38884, 21.5052, 21.5053, 21.5054, 2009.2411.32
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: (kiwame; in left margin, cut off of this impression)
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.