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True View of Nihonbashi Bridge, Together with a Complete View of the Fish Market (Nihonbashi shinkei, narabi ni uoichi zenzu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 日本橋真景 並ニ 魚市全図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 72.5 cm (14 3/16 x 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17160, 11.18141, 11.18142
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #16.18, pl. 396; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #77.22
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17160 (right), 11.18141 (left), 11.18142 (center)
Signed Ôju Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga (right sheet)
応需一立斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.