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「東海道 浪花 天保山 子供角力照覧」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
「東海道 浪花 天保山 子供角力照覧」
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.8 cm (14 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29503
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #68 (152); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-153; Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #168
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16346, *11.29503 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.44723, 11.44920, 2009.5009.151
Signed
Chikamaro
周麿
周麿
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥六改
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.