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「諸国名所百景 越前三国乃大港」
The Great Harbor at Mikuni in Echizen Province (Echizen Mikuni no ôminato), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
「諸国名所百景 越前三国乃大港」
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25 cm (14 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21840
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Strange 1925, p. 193, list #44
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21840, RES.54.190.33
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申二改
彫師：なし
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.