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Celebration in Honor of the Eighty-five-year-old Man Who Was the First to Cross the New Ryôgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Ryôgoku-bashi hachijûgosai no okina watarisome iwai-en no zu)


「東都両国橋 八十五歳之翁 渡初祝宴図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 26.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36731
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28739, 11.36731
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane (in gourd shape)
改印:改、卯十二
彫師:彫兼
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.