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「東海道五十三対 岡部」 猫石のはなし
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Okabe: The Story of the Cat Stone, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 岡部」 猫石のはなし
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.5 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28626
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-22; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #166; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #47; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.22
DescriptionStation 22, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25044, *11.28626 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45385.22, *11.45573 (deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.25044, *11.28626 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45385.22, *11.45573 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi ...
改印：村
彫師：廉吉
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi ...
改印：村
彫師：廉吉
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.