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「岐阻街道 奈良井宿 名産店之図」
No. 35, Narai Station: Shop for the Famous Local Product, Oroku Combs (Narai shuku, meisanten no zu), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road
「岐阻街道 奈良井宿 名産店之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24 x 35.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25639
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #233; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #33.35
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25639, 21.4815
The subtitle does not specify what the famous local product is, but the signboard on the shop in the picture reads "Famous Local Product: Oroku Combs (Meibutsu, Orokugushi)."
The subtitle does not specify what the famous local product is, but the signboard on the shop in the picture reads "Famous Local Product: Oroku Combs (Meibutsu, Orokugushi)."
Signed
Eisen ga
英泉画
英泉画
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.