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Tôto Tsukuda no gyoshû
東都佃ノ漁舟
Fishing Boats at Tsukuda Island, Edo
Tôto Tsukuda no gyoshû
東都佃ノ漁舟
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Kaei era (1848–54)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Image: 91 x 31 cm (35 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Overall: 182 x 48.5 cm (71 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
Overall: 182 x 48.5 cm (71 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7371
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 57; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 371
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.