Ôiso, 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　大磯」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 25.8 cm (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.45086

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #09 (36); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-36

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15381, 11.15382, 11.21842, *11.44913 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.44962, 11.45056, 11.45086, 2009.5009.37

Signed Ôju Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
応需七十八歳豊国筆(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥四改
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.