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「諸国名所百景 東都高輪海岸」
The Seashore at Takanawa in Edo (Tôto Takanawa kaigan), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
「諸国名所百景 東都高輪海岸」
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22693
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Strange 1925, p. 192, list #23
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22693, RES.49.104
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広景画
広景画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉九改
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.