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「書画五拾三駅 三河 御油 戯人の臆病」
Goyu in Mikawa Province: The Cowardice of the Comedians (Gijin no okubyô), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)
「書画五拾三駅 三河 御油 戯人の臆病」
Iijima Kôga (Japanese, 1829–1900)
Other artist: Artist unidentified, Japanese
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Artist unidentified, Japanese
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
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 Number11.41463
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionNo. 36 in the series.
Signed
Kôga, other signatures
光峨
光峨
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.