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「東海道五十三次之内 二川之図」
View of Futakawa (Futakawa no zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次之内 二川之図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1838 (Tenpô 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.9 x 18.6 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43150
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Toraya, Atsumeru tanoshimi (Yoshida coll., 2012), p. 97; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T24-34; Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #42
DescriptionNo. 34 in the series, with background based on Hiroshige's design for the First Tôkaidô.
MFA impressions: 11.21055, 11.43150, 2009.4991.53
MFA impressions: 11.21055, 11.43150, 2009.4991.53
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
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.