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Night View of Yanagibashi (Yanagibashi no yakei), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho zue)


「東京名勝図会 柳橋の夜景」
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45391.5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAlbum: 11.45391.1-.52
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:巳正改
彫師:なし
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.