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「東海道 荒井白須賀間 はしもと 弁慶」 五代目市川海老蔵
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Hashimoto, between Arai and Shirasuka: (Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as) Benkei, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
「東海道 荒井白須賀間 はしもと 弁慶」 五代目市川海老蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.5 x 23.5 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29483
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-32C, p. 141
DescriptionStation no. 32-33.
MFA impressions: *11.29483 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43208, 59.1147.94
MFA impressions: *11.29483 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43208, 59.1147.94
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
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.