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「東海道五十三次 荒井」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Arai, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次 荒井」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; about 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39950
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.32
DescriptionNo. 32 in the series.
MFA impressions: 06.829.32, *11.39950 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45701 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9140, RES.53.169
MFA impressions: 06.829.32, *11.39950 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45701 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9140, RES.53.169
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions見渡せば遠つあふみもなみだたで名にしあらゐの関も戸ざさず 朝霞亭波音
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.