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「東海道名所之内 御能拝見之図」
Watching a Nō Play (Onō haiken no zu), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō meisho fūkei), also known as the Processional Tōkaidō (Gyōretsu Tōkaidō), here called Tōkaidō meisho no uchi
「東海道名所之内 御能拝見之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyū 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.5 x 26 cm (14 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kawanabe Kyōsai no nō, kyōgen ga (2013), #70; Kaikan sanjū shūnen kinen Kawanabe Kyōsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 100, #0747; Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #72 (160); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-149
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18127, 11.44719, 11.44907, 2009.5009.156
Signed
Ōju Seisei Kyōsai
応需惺々狂斎
応需惺々狂斎
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥五改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥五改
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.