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「六十余州名所図絵 但馬 岩井谷 窟観音」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Tajima Province: Iwai Valley, Kannon Cave (Tajima, Iwaidani, Iwayakannon), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)
「六十余州名所図絵 但馬 岩井谷 窟観音」
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36881
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Jansen, Hiroshige's Journey (2004), #39; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #64.39
DescriptionNo. 39 (San'indô group) on the title page for the series.
MFA impressions: *06.823.40 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16985, *11.36881 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36889
MFA impressions: *06.823.40 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16985, *11.36881 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36889
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、丑十二
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.