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「五十三次名所図会 十五 吉原 不二の沼浮島が原」
No. 15, Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô
「五十三次名所図会 十五 吉原 不二の沼浮島が原」
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 24.6 cm (14 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30265
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.15
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16779, 11.30265, 11.45400 (creped), 21.5262, RES.52.87 (Meiji reprint from Edo blocks)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
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.