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「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 朝之景」
Nihonbashi: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō
「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 朝之景」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpō 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban; 25.5 x 37.7 cm (10 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ōban #55.01
DescriptionNo. 01 in the series, first version; co-published by Hoeidō and Senkakudō.
MFA impressions:
First version: *06.2553 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.23079, 11.30185, 11.42902, 21.5088, 21.5089
Second version: *11.17298 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.17299 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26097, 21.5087, 2009.2411.1, RES.53.150
MFA impressions:
First version: *06.2553 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.23079, 11.30185, 11.42902, 21.5088, 21.5089
Second version: *11.17298 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.17299 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26097, 21.5087, 2009.2411.1, RES.53.150
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.