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「東海道五十三対 京」 三条大橋
Kyoto (Kyô): View from the Great Bridge at Sanjô (Sanjô Ôhashi), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 京」 三条大橋
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 24.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30323
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-55; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.57; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #43.20
DescriptionStation 55, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.30323, 11.45385.55
MFA impressions: 11.30323, 11.45385.55
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions綾にしき織れるみやこはたてぬきに
ゆきかふ人もしけき大橋 梅喜
三条大橋は東国より平安城に至る喉口にして貴賤の行人常にたへず 皇都のはんくわこの橋上に見へたり 四方の山川名所旧跡遠近につらなり眺望尽ることなし
ゆきかふ人もしけき大橋 梅喜
三条大橋は東国より平安城に至る喉口にして貴賤の行人常にたへず 皇都のはんくわこの橋上に見へたり 四方の山川名所旧跡遠近につらなり眺望尽ることなし
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.