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「東都高名会席尽 草か楼 おりゑ」 七代目岩井半四郎
The Sokarô Restaurant: (Actor Iwai Hanshirô VII as) Orie, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto kômei kaiseki zukushi)
「東都高名会席尽 草か楼 おりゑ」 七代目岩井半四郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.9 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30510
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #8.29, pl. 65; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #48.31
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on portrait); Hiroshige (on inset)
豊国画（年玉枠）、広重
豊国画（年玉枠）、広重
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫巳の
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.