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東海道五十三次 張交 「石薬師 名木 よし経の道さくら」
Ishiyakushi: The Famous Tree (Meiki), Yoshitsune's Roadside Cherry Tree (Yoshitsune no michizakura), cut from one sheet of an unidentified harimaze Tôkaidô series
東海道五十三次 張交 「石薬師 名木 よし経の道さくら」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 15 x 24.2 cm (5 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19981
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Hiroshige
広重
広重
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.