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「両国橋祇園会之図」
Gion Festival at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku-bashi Gion-e no zu)
「両国橋祇園会之図」
Utagawa Yoshitomi (Japanese, active about 1848–80)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 78.2 cm (14 3/4 x 30 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21420-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21420 (left), 11.21421 (center), 11.21422 (right)
Signed
Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga (on each sheet)
一芸斎芳富画
一芸斎芳富画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
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: 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.
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.