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The Grave of Uguisu (Uguisu-zuka), from the series Illustrations of Loyalty and Vengeance (Chûkô adauchi zue)


「忠孝仇討図絵 鶯塚」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844–45 (Kôka 1–2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 24.3 cm (14 1/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39596
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #37.02
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26379 (Wakasaya edition), 11.39596 (Ibaya edition)
Signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印:浜
彫師:彫竹
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.