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「東海道勝景従日本橋至荒井」
Scenery of the Tôkaidô Road, from Nihonbashi to Arai (Tôkaidô shôkei Nihonbashi yori Arai made)
「東海道勝景従日本橋至荒井」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 48.4 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37411a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTwo sheets of incomplete triptych (half of hexaptych).
MFA impressions: 11.16235VR (11.16235-6, 11.16239-42; complete hexaptych), 11.37395a-c (left half only), *11.37411a-b (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2019), 2009.5011.1a-c (right half only)
MFA impressions: 11.16235VR (11.16235-6, 11.16239-42; complete hexaptych), 11.37395a-c (left half only), *11.37411a-b (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2019), 2009.5011.1a-c (right half only)
Signed
Gountei Sadahide ga (on each sheet)
五雲亭貞秀画
五雲亭貞秀画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥四改
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.