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「東海道五十三対 府中」 茶摘
Fuchû: Women Picking Tea Leaves, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 府中」 茶摘
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45385.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-20; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.20; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #43.08
DescriptionStation 20, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.30312, 11.45385.20
MFA impressions: 11.30312, 11.45385.20
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions安部郡に流るゆえにあべ川と唱ふ 水源は甲斐の白根が嶽より落る急流にして大井川に双ぶ大河也 東岸にみろく茶処とて餅をあきなふ あべ川餅の名是より起る
名産阿部茶は府中の北足久保より出る 関東茶園の第一にして多く世に用いる 上方宇治信楽にるいす
駿河路や花橘も茶の匂ひ はせを
名産阿部茶は府中の北足久保より出る 関東茶園の第一にして多く世に用いる 上方宇治信楽にるいす
駿河路や花橘も茶の匂ひ はせを
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.