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「東海道名所つづき 羅生門之古図」
Old Picture of the Rashômon Gate (Rashômon no ko zu), 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 meisho tsuzuki
「東海道名所つづき 羅生門之古図」
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44922
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai 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
Ôju Chikamaro
応需周麿
応需周麿
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥六改
彫師：なし
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.
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.