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「書画五拾三駅 武蔵 日本橋 三井組ハウス」
Nihonbashi in Musashi Province: Mitsui Group Building (Mitsui gumi hausu), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)
「書画五拾三駅 武蔵 日本橋 三井組ハウス」
Japanese
Meiji era
1872 (Meiji 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 23.7 cm (14 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #332
DescriptionNo. 1 in the series.
Signed
Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Water Monkey (Jinshin, mizunoe saru) 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申十
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.