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「東海道五十三次之内 大津 又平女房おとく」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Ôtsu: (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as) Matabei's Wife Otoku (Matabei nyôbô Otoku), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次之内 大津 又平女房おとく」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 33.9 x 23.5 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45319
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-54A, p. 159; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #18
DescriptionStation no. 54.
MFA impressions: 11.43282, 11.45319, 59.1147.82
Forms a diptych with: 11.29388, 11.29440, 11.43281, 59.1147.83
MFA impressions: 11.43282, 11.45319, 59.1147.82
Forms a diptych with: 11.29388, 11.29440, 11.43281, 59.1147.83
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：彫竹
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.