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「東海道五十三対 石部」 歯を磨く美人
Ishibe: Woman with Toothbrush, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 石部」 歯を磨く美人
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirō (Horikō Fusajirō, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirō (Horikō Fusajirō, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kōka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42962
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Allen & Wehmeyer, Tōkaidō Texts and Tales (2015), #52; Marks, Kunisada's Tōkaidō (2013), #T78-52; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.53
DescriptionStation 52, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25022, 11.42962, 11.42972, 11.45385.52
MFA impressions: 11.25022, 11.42962, 11.42972, 11.45385.52
Signed
Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikō Fusajirō
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikō Fusajirō
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
InscriptionsPoem by Umeya.
いせもとりならふ枕の二見潟
かたき石部てとらる合宿
梅屋
いせもとりならふ枕の二見潟
かたき石部てとらる合宿
梅屋
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.