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No. 32, Arai: Ferry (Funawatashi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan eki)


「東海道五拾三驛 荒井 舟渡し 三十二」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20706
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #15-32
Signed Risshô ga
立祥画
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.