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The Garden of the Hotel Building (Hoteru-kan teijô no zu), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho zue)


「東京名勝図会 ホテル館庭上の図」
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Japanese
Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 10th 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 Number11.45391.35
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Edo engei hana zukushi (2009), #185; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 2 (1935), p. 107
DescriptionAlbum: 11.45391.1-.52
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:辰十改
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.