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The Old Story of the Village of Kerria Roses in Takada (Takada yamabuki no sato, koji), from the series A Compendium of Historical Sites in the Eastern Capital (Tôto kyûseki zukushi)


「東都旧跡尽  高田山吹の里故事」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 × 25 cm (14 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39595
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #5.08, pl. 24; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #47.07
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26385, 11.39595
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka Heishirô
No blockcutter's mark
改印:田中
版元: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.