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「東都名所両国繁栄河開之図」
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Bustling Business at Ryôgoku for the River Opening (Tôto meisho Ryôgoku han'ei kawabiraki no zu)
「東都名所両国繁栄河開之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 75.2 cm (14 7/16 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36827a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 132
Signed
Toyokuni monjin Kunisato ga (on right sheet), Toyokuni monjin Kunisato hitsu (on center sheet), Toyokuni monjin Tatekawa Kunisato ga (on left sheet)
豊国門人国郷画 豊国門人国郷画筆 豊国門人竪川国郷画
豊国門人国郷画 豊国門人国郷画筆 豊国門人竪川国郷画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、丑三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、丑三
彫師：なし
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.