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「江戸高名会亭尽 深川八幡前 平清」
In Front of the Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa: The Hirasei Restaurant (Fukagawa Hachiman mae, Hirasei), from the series Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo kômei kaitei zukushi)
「江戸高名会亭尽 深川八幡前 平清」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1838–40 (Tenpô 9–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.7 x 37 cm (10 1/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26357
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #56.18, pl. 562; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #7.18
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.