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「東都高名会席尽 梅川 両国柳はし 忠兵衛」<5> 沢村長十郎
The Umegawa Restaurant at Yanagibashi in Ryôgoku: (Actor Sawamura Chôjûrô V [?] as) Chûbei, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto kômei kaiseki zukushi)
「東都高名会席尽 梅川 両国柳はし 忠兵衛」<5> 沢村長十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.1 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30499
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #8.06, pl. 42; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #48.8
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: Hama, Magome, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
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.