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Old Picture of the Rashōmon Gate (Rashōmon no ko 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 tsuzuki


「東海道名所つづき 羅生門之古図」
Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyū 3), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44892
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjū shūnen kinen Kawanabe Kyōsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 99, #0743; Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #60A (137); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-152
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16344, 11.44892, 11.44922, 2009.5009.137
Signed Ōju Chikamaro
応需周麿
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥六改
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.