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「東海道五拾三次の内 四日市石薬師間 清水屋 清玄」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Shimizuya, between Yokkaichi and Ishiyakushi: (Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Seigen, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
「東海道五拾三次の内 四日市石薬師間 清水屋 清玄」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.5 x 24 cm (13 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43213
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-44C, p. 152
DescriptionStation no. 44-45.
MFA impressions: 11.43213, 59.1147.123
MFA impressions: 11.43213, 59.1147.123
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
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.