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Newly Published Complete View of the Ôi River (Shinpan Ôikawa zenzu)


「新版大井川全図」
Utagawa Kuninao (Japanese, 1795–1854)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810–18 (late Bunka era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 75.1 cm (14 13/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22923-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1989), pl. 69
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22923 (left), 11.22924 (right), 11.22925 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.22625-7, 11.22923-5
Signed Utagawa Kuninao hitsu (on each sheet)
歌川国直筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.