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「東海道五十三対 島田の駅大井川」
Shimada Station: The Ōi River (Shimada no eki Ōigawa), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 島田の駅大井川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kōka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 36.7 x 24.9 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39665
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Allen & Wehmeyer, Tōkaidō Texts and Tales (2015), #24; Marks, Kunisada's Tōkaidō (2013), #T78-24; Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pl. 51; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.24
DescriptionStation 24, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi. Sumô wrestler Koyanagi being carried across the Ôi River.
MFA impressions: 11.22413, 11.39665, 11.45385.24
MFA impressions: 11.22413, 11.39665, 11.45385.24
Signed
Ōju Toyokuni ga
応需豊国画
応需豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions大井川
大井川にて 河霧や
百万石を 浪の上
湘夕
大井川にて 河霧や
百万石を 浪の上
湘夕
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.