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The Moon Reflected in the Paddies at Sarashina in Shinano Province (Shinshû Sarashina tagoto no tsuki)


「信州更級田毎の月」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.7 x 74.8 cm (13 11/16 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29804, 11.39585a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #46
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29804 (right), 11.39585a-b (center and left)

MFA impressions: 11.17161-3, 11.27097-9, 11.29804VR (11.29804, 11.39585a-b)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu (on left and right sheets)
広重筆
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑五
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.