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「東海道五十三対 原 竹とり物語 かくや姫 竹取の翁」
Hara: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori monogatari), Kaguya-hime, the Old Bamboo Cutter (Taketori no okina), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 原 竹とり物語 かくや姫 竹取の翁」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 23.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30309
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-14B; Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #146; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.14; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #43.05
DescriptionStation 14, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.30309, 11.39972, 11.45385.14
MFA impressions: 11.30309, 11.39972, 11.45385.14
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
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.