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「東海道五拾三駅五宿名所」 赤坂、藤川、岡崎、池鯉鮒、鳴海
Five Stations: Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki, Chiryû, and Narumi, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan eki goshuku meisho)
「東海道五拾三駅五宿名所」 赤坂、藤川、岡崎、池鯉鮒、鳴海
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–35 (Tenpô 1–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.3 x 35.5 cm (9 9/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28660
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Suzuki 1992, #41
DescriptionSheet 9 of 12.
MFA impressions: *11.2118 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.22957, 11.28660, 11.30217
MFA impressions: *11.2118 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.22957, 11.28660, 11.30217
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi shukuzu (sketched by Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi; in right margin, cut off of this impression)
（一勇斎国芳縮図）
（一勇斎国芳縮図）
Marks
No censor's seal
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.