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「東海道五十三次之内 府中 あべ川遠景」
Fuchû: Distant View of the Abe River (Fuchû, Abekawa enkei), 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 府中 あべ川遠景」
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; 22.3 x 33.2 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40001
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Toraya, Atsumeru tanoshimi (Yoshida coll., 2012), p. 97; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.20
DescriptionNo. 20 in the series.
MFA impressions:
No censor's seal, publisher's mark in black: 06.1809
With censor's seal, no publisher's mark: 11.40001
MFA impressions:
No censor's seal, publisher's mark in black: 06.1809
With censor's seal, no publisher's mark: 11.40001
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
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.