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「東海道五十三次の内 岡崎駅 政右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Okazaki: (Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Masaemon, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次の内 岡崎駅 政右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34 x 23.5 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29611
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-39, pp. 149, 162
DescriptionStation no. 39.
MFA impressions: *11.22346 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29392, 11.29471, 11.29524.20, 11.29611, 11.43262, 59.1147.61
Forms a diptych with: *11.22347 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29393, 11.29406, 11.29470, 11.29615, 11.43263, 59.1147.62
MFA impressions: *11.22346 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29392, 11.29471, 11.29524.20, 11.29611, 11.43262, 59.1147.61
Forms a diptych with: *11.22347 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29393, 11.29406, 11.29470, 11.29615, 11.43263, 59.1147.62
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: (Hama, Magome, Rat 5)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：浜、馬込、子五
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：浜、馬込、子五
彫師：彫竹
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.