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「双筆五十三次 吉原 左り不二縄手」 目録:「(山)見 吉原 西行」
Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left at Nawate (Hidari Fuji Nawate); Saigyô Looking at Mount Fuji (Fujimi Saigyô), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)
「双筆五十三次 吉原 左り不二縄手」 目録:「(山)見 吉原 西行」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Kyûshirô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Kyûshirô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.7 x 23.9 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36763.18
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T79-15; Watanabe, Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi (2011), #15; Marks, "... Hiroshige and Kunisada," Andon 84 (2008), p. 42, fig. 17; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #34.15
DescriptionNo. 15 in the series.
Landscapes by Hiroshige, figures by Kunisada I (Toyokuni III). The subtitles of the landscapes, if present, appear on the individual prints; the subtitles referring to the figures are found only on the title page for the series, 11.36763.3 .
Album of all 55 prints in the series, plus cover slip, title page, and hand-written preface and colophon: 11.36763.1-59
Landscapes by Hiroshige, figures by Kunisada I (Toyokuni III). The subtitles of the landscapes, if present, appear on the individual prints; the subtitles referring to the figures are found only on the title page for the series, 11.36763.3 .
Album of all 55 prints in the series, plus cover slip, title page, and hand-written preface and colophon: 11.36763.1-59
Signed
Hiroshige ga (above); Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (below)
広重画、豊国画(年玉枠)
広重画、豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 8
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:改、寅八
彫師:横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:改、寅八
彫師:横川彫竹
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.