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「東海道五拾三驛 水口 名物干瓢 五十一」
No. 51, Minakuchi: Famous Dried Gourd (Meibutsu kanpyô), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan eki)
「東海道五拾三驛 水口 名物干瓢 五十一」
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; 25.5 x 18.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #15-51 (a different design for this station)
DescriptionNot the same as the design for this station in the Kubo collection.
Signed
Risshô ga
立祥画
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.
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.