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「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 曙旅立の図」
Nihonbashi: Setting Out at Dawn (Nihonbashi, Akebono tabidachi no zu), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 曙旅立の図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–44 (Tenpô 12–Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal aiban; 22.2 x 33.2 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39973
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.01
DescriptionNo. 1 in the series, first version.
MFA impressions:
First version: 06.1790, 11.2225, 11.39973, 21.8977
Second version: 21.8978
MFA impressions:
First version: 06.1790, 11.2225, 11.39973, 21.8977
Second version: 21.8978
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：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.
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.