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「東海道五十三次 日本橋 壱」
Nihonbashi, No. 1 from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi)
「東海道五十三次 日本橋 壱」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.7 x 17.4 cm (4 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20314
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 225, horizontal koban #5.01; the series: Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), #64
DescriptionNo. 01 in the series.
The MFA has 52 of the 56 prints in the series, 11.20300 to 11.20351 (not numbered in order). The missing prints are series numbers 14, 22, 38, and 45.
The MFA has 52 of the 56 prints in the series, 11.20300 to 11.20351 (not numbered in order). The missing prints are series numbers 14, 22, 38, and 45.
Signed
(this picture unsigned)
無款
無款
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.