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「東海道五十三対 吉原 藤川水鳥」
Yoshiwara: Waterbirds at the Battle of Fuji River (Fujikawa mizutori), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 吉原 藤川水鳥」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.8 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25040
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-15; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.15
DescriptionStation 15, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25040, 11.45385.15
MFA impressions: 11.25040, 11.45385.15
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: paulownia (kiri)
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: paulownia (kiri)
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions冨士川水鳥
左兵衛佐殿 むほんのよしありて 平家の大軍冨士川まで押しよせ来りける所に ある夜冨士沼にあまたなる水鳥の何かは驚き一度にぱっと立ける羽音 雷（いかづち）大風の様に聞へければ 平家の兵（つわもの）ども源氏の大軍向ひ来りと心得 皆々周章（あはて）噪（さわぎ）て尾州河洲俣へと落行けり
左兵衛佐殿 むほんのよしありて 平家の大軍冨士川まで押しよせ来りける所に ある夜冨士沼にあまたなる水鳥の何かは驚き一度にぱっと立ける羽音 雷（いかづち）大風の様に聞へければ 平家の兵（つわもの）ども源氏の大軍向ひ来りと心得 皆々周章（あはて）噪（さわぎ）て尾州河洲俣へと落行けり
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.