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「東海道五十三対 石部」 歯を磨く美人
Ishibe: Woman with Toothbrush, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 石部」 歯を磨く美人
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.8 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25022
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-52; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.53
DescriptionStation 52, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25022, 11.42962, 11.42972, 11.45385.52
MFA impressions: 11.25022, 11.42962, 11.42972, 11.45385.52
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Inscriptionsいせもとりならふ枕の二見潟
かたき石部てとらる合宿
梅屋
かたき石部てとらる合宿
梅屋
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.