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Fujikawa, from the series Shank's Mare on the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidôchû Kurige no Yajiuma)


「東海道中 栗毛弥次馬 藤川」
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 18.1 x 23.9 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45395.40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album in two volumes: Volume I, 11.45395.1-.25, and Vol. II, 11.45395.26-.58.
Signed Chôkarô Yoshiiku ga
朝霞楼芳一九画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申六改
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.