View of Arimatsu at Chiryû (Chiryû, Arimatsu no kei), 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 no uchi

「東海道之内　池鯉鮒　有松之景」

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (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; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.45025

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #41B (95); Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #122; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-94

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16120, 11.44799, 11.45025, 2009.5009.94

Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche
国周画(年玉枠)

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

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.