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「東海道 桑名」
Kuwana, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
「東海道 桑名」
Utagawa Yoshikata (Japanese, active about 1841–1864)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 26 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44784
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #43 (102); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-102
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16311, 11.16639, 11.44784, 11.45068, 11.45072, 2009.5009.103
Signed
Yoshikata ga
芳形画
芳形画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥八改ヵ
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥八改ヵ
彫師：彫太田多七
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.