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「書画五拾三駅 三河 岡崎 矢矧の古事」
Okazaki in Mikawa Province: The Old Story of Yahagi (Yahagi no koji), 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 岡崎 矢矧の古事」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Other artist: Utagawa Shigekiyo (Japanese, active about 1860–1890)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Shigekiyo (Japanese, active about 1860–1890)
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 Number11.41466
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), p. 95; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #362
DescriptionNo. 39 in the series.
Signed
Yoshitora ga; Keshiki Shigekiyo hitsu (scenery by Shigekiyo)
芳虎画、景色重清筆
芳虎画、景色重清筆
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.