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「浄るり町繁栄の図」 水菓子屋他
Characters from Plays as Merchants and Customers, from the series Flourishing Business in Balladtown (Jôruri-machi hanka no zu)
「浄るり町繁栄の図」 水菓子屋他
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26366
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #96; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Edo engei hana zukushi (2009), #16; Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #45; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #31.7
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26366, 11.39599
Signed
Hiroshige gihitsu
広重戯筆
広重戯筆
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
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.