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「東都繁栄乃図」 河原崎座
The Kawarazaki Theater, from the series Pictures of Prosperity in the Eastern Capital (Tôto han'ei no zu)
「東都繁栄乃図」 河原崎座
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 74 cm (14 5/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27067-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #40.2, pl. 428; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #74.3; Tanba 1965, #51
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27067 (center), 11.27068 (left), 11.27069 (right)
Signed
Hiroshige ga (on right and left sheets)
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅三
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: 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.
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.