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「東海道駅路栄（とうかいどうのえきろのさかえ） 双筆五十三次 紙数 五拾五枚つゞき」
Cover slip, from the series Activities of the Stations and Routes of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô no ekiro no sakae): The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi), in Fifty-five Sheets (Shisû gojûgomai tsuzuki)
「東海道駅路栄（とうかいどうのえきろのさかえ） 双筆五十三次 紙数 五拾五枚つゞき」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Kyûshirô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Kyûshirô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1857 (Ansei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Title slip: 25.2 × 7.7 cm (9 15/16 × 3 1/16 in.); overall: 34.7 × 23.9 cm (13 11/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36763.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAlbum of all 55 prints in the series, plus cover slip, title page, and hand-written preface and colophon: 11.36763.1-59
Activities of the Stations and Routes of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô no ekiro no sakae):
Activities of the Stations and Routes of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô no ekiro no sakae):
Signed
Azumaji no keshiki [mokoku ni?] Ichiryûsai Hiroshige no e; Azuma sugata no fuzei [mokoku ni?] Ichiyôsai Toyokuni no e
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.
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.