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「双筆五十三次 水口 岩振山眺望」 目録：「盛衰記 笹引」 お筆と番場忠太
Minakuchi: Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri (Iwafuriyama chôbô); Actors (?) as Ofude and Banba Chûta in the Sasahiki Scene from the Play Hiragana Seisuiki (Seisuiki Sasahiki), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)
「双筆五十三次 水口 岩振山眺望」 目録：「盛衰記 笹引」 お筆と番場忠太
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
1855 (Ansei 2), 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 Number11.36763.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T79-51; Watanabe, Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi (2011), #51; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #34.51
DescriptionNo. 51 in the series.
MFA impressions: 00.1837 (later edition with green background, creped), 11.36763.54
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
Another suggested interpretation of the female figure in this print: Actor Segawa Kikunojô V (?) as Koman.
MFA impressions: 00.1837 (later edition with green background, creped), 11.36763.54
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
Another suggested interpretation of the female figure in this print: Actor Segawa Kikunojô V (?) as Koman.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu (above); Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (below)
広重筆、豊国画(年玉枠)
広重筆、豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、卯八
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、卯八
彫師：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.