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Moon at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku no tsuki), from the series Noted Spots for Moon-viewing in the Eastern Capital (Tôto tsuki no meisho)


「東都月の名所 両国の月」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawachiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.4 cm (14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #62 (different colors)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.