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「書画五拾三駅 遠江 荒井 灘之眺望」
Arai in Tōtōmi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea (Nada no chōbō), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations [of the Tōkaidō] (Shoga gojūsan eki)
「書画五拾三駅 遠江 荒井 灘之眺望」
Japanese
Meiji era
1872 (Meiji 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.8 x 23.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41459
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #12; Ōta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #325
DescriptionNo. 32 in the series.
Signed
Koseiko Kōsai sha (= Yoshimori?)
Marks
Censor's seal: Water Monkey (Jinshin, mizunoe saru) ... (number illegible)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申？
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申？
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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (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.