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「東海道五十三対 関」 一休和尚と地獄太夫
Seki: Priest Ikkyû and the Hell Courtesan (Jigoku-dayû), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 関」 一休和尚と地獄太夫
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 23.1 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39970
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-48; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.49; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #43.17
DescriptionStation 48, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.30320, 11.39970, 11.45385.48
MFA impressions: 11.30320, 11.39970, 11.45385.48
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions関の地蔵尊再興のとき一休和尚に開眼を乞ければ犢鼻褌（ふんどし）をときて地蔵の首にまとひし事は世に傳えて知るところなり 高須の遊君地獄といふ女一休を尊信して信觧（しんげ）を請る 其始連歌問答のことは事繁ければここに誌（しる）さず その面影 （かたち）を図する
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.