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「東海道五十三対 四日市 那古海蜃楼（なこのうみかひやぐら）」
Yokkaichi: Mirage of the Clam's Palace at Nako-no-umi (Nako-no-umi kaiyagura), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 四日市 那古海蜃楼（なこのうみかひやぐら）」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kojimaya Jûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kojimaya Jûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
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 Number11.45385.44
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-44; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 40; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.45
DescriptionStation 44, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.22415, 11.45385.44
MFA impressions: 11.22415, 11.45385.44
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga
応需豊国画
応需豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Inscriptions那古海蜃楼
此浦より春夏の間蜃楼海上にたつ 諺にいはく 伊勢太神宮尾張の熱田宮へ神幸ありといふ 行幸旌蓋前後にあり また諸侯行列の躰または楼台宮殿のかたち鮮にて時に漁人見ることあり たちまち須臾（しばらく）のあひだに消々となる 按るに潮水の気陽精に乗じてたち昇るなり 陽炎の類ひにやあらんとなり
此浦より春夏の間蜃楼海上にたつ 諺にいはく 伊勢太神宮尾張の熱田宮へ神幸ありといふ 行幸旌蓋前後にあり また諸侯行列の躰または楼台宮殿のかたち鮮にて時に漁人見ることあり たちまち須臾（しばらく）のあひだに消々となる 按るに潮水の気陽精に乗じてたち昇るなり 陽炎の類ひにやあらんとなり
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.