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「東海道五十三対 藤川」 藤川水右衛門
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Fujikawa: Fujikawa Mizuemon, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 藤川」 藤川水右衛門
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.1 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42969
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-38; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.39
DescriptionStation 38, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25032, 11.28620, *11.42969 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.45385.38
MFA impressions: 11.25032, 11.28620, *11.42969 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.45385.38
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions藤川水右衛門は私のしゅいをもって同家中磯貝兵太夫をやみ討になし 長光の刀をうはひ立ち退き行方をかくす 然るに兵太夫伜兵助 父の仇を討んと所々をたづぬる内眼病を煩ひ ある時水右衛門に出合しに眼病ゆえやみやみとかへりうちになる その弟終に水右衛門を尋出し本望を達す 藤川と云名の因に依てここに出す
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.