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「五十三次名所図会 五十四 大津 三井寺観音堂より大津の町湖水眺望」
No. 54, Ôtsu: View of Lake and Town of Ôtsu from Kannon Hall of Mii Temple (Ôtsu, Miidera Kannondô yori Ôtsu no machi kosui chôbô), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), a.k.a. the Vertical Tôkaidô
「五十三次名所図会 五十四 大津 三井寺観音堂より大津の町湖水眺望」
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 24.6 cm (14 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30304
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.54
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16809, 11.30304, 21.5292
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯八
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.