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「東海道五十三対 白須賀 女谷之伝（おんあやのでん）」
Shirasuka: The Legend of Onnaya (Onnaya no den), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 白須賀 女谷之伝（おんあやのでん）」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Published by: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Published by: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
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 24.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30315
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-33; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.34; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #43.12
DescriptionStation 33, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.30315, 11.45385.33
MFA impressions: 11.30315, 11.45385.33
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Inscriptions女谷之傳
女谷は白須賀の東橋本にあり 昔の宿駅にして建久元年頼朝公上洛し給ふ旅館の旧跡なり 此時橋本の長より遊女郡参す 故にその名あり その頃右大将に寵を得し女ありしが頼朝薨（こう）じ給ふ後 貞操にして尼となり妙相（みょうしょう）と号し一寺を建立して永く行ひすましける 今橋本の教恩寺これなり
女谷は白須賀の東橋本にあり 昔の宿駅にして建久元年頼朝公上洛し給ふ旅館の旧跡なり 此時橋本の長より遊女郡参す 故にその名あり その頃右大将に寵を得し女ありしが頼朝薨（こう）じ給ふ後 貞操にして尼となり妙相（みょうしょう）と号し一寺を建立して永く行ひすましける 今橋本の教恩寺これなり
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.