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「東海道五拾三次の内 大津京間 藪の下 清玄」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Yabunoshita, between Ôtsu and Kyoto: (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III, later Iwai Hanshirô VIII, 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 大津京間 藪の下 清玄」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kazusaya Iwazô (Iwakichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kazusaya Iwazô (Iwakichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 24 cm (13 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-54E, p. 159; Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 101, cat. no. 93
DescriptionStation no. 54-55.
MFA impressions: 11.43226, 59.1147.140
MFA impressions: 11.43226, 59.1147.140
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、丑二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、丑二
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.