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「木曾街道六十九次之内 妻籠 安倍保名 葛葉狐」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Tsumagome: Abe no Yasuna and the Fox Kuzunoha, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi)
「木曾街道六十九次之内 妻籠 安倍保名 葛葉狐」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29006
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #29; Thompson, Sixty-nine Stations (2009), #43; Keyes, Ainsworth cat. (1984), #530; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S74.44
DescriptionNo. 43 in the series.
MFA impressions: *11.29006 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29009.44, 11.38972.44, 11.41803
MFA impressions: *11.29006 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29009.44, 11.38972.44, 11.41803
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：福、村松、子六
彫師：彫多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：福、村松、子六
彫師：彫多吉
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.