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「名所江戸百景 虎の門外あふひ坂」
Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate (Toranomon-soto Aoizaka), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
「名所江戸百景 虎の門外あふひ坂」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26343
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.78, pls. 283, 284; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #113; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.77
DescriptionNo. 113 (winter section) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: 11.16681, 11.26343, 11.45671, 21.10444
MFA impressions: 11.16681, 11.26343, 11.45671, 21.10444
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十一
彫師：なし
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.