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東海道五十三対 三嶋 「正月六日三嶋祭の図」
Mishima: The Mishima Festival on the 6th Day of the 1st Month (Shôgatsu muika Mishima matsuri no zu), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
東海道五十三対 三嶋 「正月六日三嶋祭の図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, top third of print cut off; 24.8 x 24.7 cm (9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6557
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-12; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.12; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #43.04
DescriptionStation 12, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.30308 (intact), 21.6557 (upper part cut off), 11.45385.12
MFA impressions: 11.30308 (intact), 21.6557 (upper part cut off), 11.45385.12
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions天平五年大山祇命（おおやまぎぎのみこと）を祭りて三嶋明神と称し奉る故に驛の名とす 祈雨（きう）の御神にして能因法師の雨乞 光廣卿（みつひろけう）の止雨和歌を奉りて共に感應あり 宮居壮麗にして社頭ぎぎたり ここに鎮座し給ふより千餘歳神徳日々新なり
正月六日 三嶋祭の図
正月六日 三嶋祭の図
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.