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東海道五十三次 「坂ノ下」
Sakanoshita, from an untitled series of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road
東海道五十三次 「坂ノ下」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal kokonotsugiri (one-ninth ôban); 11.7 × 18 cm (4 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20371
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 225, horizontal koban #3.54
DescriptionStation 49, from a later edition without poems.
For an almost-complete set of this edition, bound as an album, see 1997.683 .
MFA impressions: 11.20371, 21.10335
For an almost-complete set of this edition, bound as an album, see 1997.683 .
MFA impressions: 11.20371, 21.10335
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
画狂人北斎画
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.