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「岐阻道中 熊谷宿 八丁提ノ景」
No. 9, Kumagaya Station: View of Hatchôzutsumi (Kumagaya shuku, Hatchôzutsumi no kei), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô (here called Kiso dôchû)
「岐阻道中 熊谷宿 八丁提ノ景」
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 35.3 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25646
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #33.09
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25646, 21.4805, 21.4806
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.