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「書画五拾三駅 伊勢 関 乳人之恩愛」
Seki in Ise Province: The Love of the Nurse (Menoto no on'ai), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)
「書画五拾三駅 伊勢 関 乳人之恩愛」
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 Number11.41475
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionNo. 48 in the series.
The story of Nurse Masaoka in the kabuki play Meiboku Sendai Hagi.
The story of Nurse Masaoka in the kabuki play Meiboku Sendai Hagi.
Signed
Yoshitora ga, Môsai ga
芳虎画、孟斎画
芳虎画、孟斎画
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.