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「東海道五十三対 大津 又平妻 土佐又平」
Ôtsu: Tosa Matabei and His Wife, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 大津 又平妻 土佐又平」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (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 Number11.45385.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-54B; Marks, "... Hiroshige and Kunisada," Andon 84 (2008), p. 41, fig. 13; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.56
DescriptionStation 54, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25049, 11.45385.54
MFA impressions: 11.25049, 11.45385.54
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main image); Ôju Hiroshige sha (inset)
一勇斎国芳画、応需広重写
一勇斎国芳画、応需広重写
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
Artist's seal: paulownia (kiri)
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
Artist's seal: paulownia (kiri)
改印：村
彫師：彫工房次郎
Inscriptions大津絵の草のはじめは何佛 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.