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「東海道五十三対 石薬師」 義経
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Ishiyakushi: Minamoto no Yoshitsune, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 石薬師」 義経
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28623
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-45; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.46a
DescriptionStation 45, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25021, *11.28623 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.42970, 11.45385.45
MFA impressions: 11.25021, *11.28623 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.42970, 11.45385.45
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions義経逆桜（さかささくら）は石薬師寺の向ひ民家の裏少し林のうちにあり むかし範頼上洛の時名馬生食（いけづき）の出し所はここならん とめぐり見給ひ 馬の鞭を倒（さかしま）にさし給ふ後に枝葉栄えり 義経逆桜と云か田宿の内に有 ちなみによってここへ義経をえがくものなり
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.