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「東海道五十三次之内 江戸日本橋之図」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
View of Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi no zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次之内 江戸日本橋之図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1838 (Tenpô 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.2 x 18.7 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21048
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T24-01; Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), p. 9
DescriptionNo. 01 in the series, with background based on Hiroshige's design for the First Tokaido.
MFA impressions: *11.21048 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.43152, 2009.4991.36
MFA impressions: *11.21048 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.43152, 2009.4991.36
Signed
Ôju Kôchôrô Kunisada
応需香蝶楼国貞
応需香蝶楼国貞
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.