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「東海道五十三対 舞阪の駅」 毛剃九右衛門
Maisaka Station (Maisaka no eki): Kezori Kuemon, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 舞阪の駅」 毛剃九右衛門
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 Number11.25047
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-31; Iwakiri, "Tenpô kaikaku," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 143 (2002), fig. 20; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.32
DescriptionStation 31, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25047, *11.28619 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45385.31
MFA impressions: 11.25047, *11.28619 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45385.31
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
InscriptionsPoem by Umeya.
沖遠く白帆の蝶もまひ坂に
うち寄るなみの花をこそ見れ
梅屋
沖遠く白帆の蝶もまひ坂に
うち寄るなみの花をこそ見れ
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.