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「東都高名会席尽 八百善の二階小窓より日本堤ふし見はらし 八百屋半兵衛」 四代目中村歌右衛門
View of Nihon Embankment from the Small Window on the Upper Floor of the Yaozen Restaurant: (Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Yaoya Hanbei, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto kômei kaiseki zukushi)
「東都高名会席尽 八百善の二階小窓より日本堤ふし見はらし 八百屋半兵衛」 四代目中村歌右衛門
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), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30523
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #8.49, pl. 85; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #48.48
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29013, 11.29300, 11.30523
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: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印: 福、村松、子十
彫師: 彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印: 福、村松、子十
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.