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江戸名所道化尽 七 新大橋の大風 (断簡)
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Fragment cut from: No. 7, Strong Wind on Shin-Ôhashi Bridge (Shin-Ôhashi no ôkaze), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
江戸名所道化尽 七 新大橋の大風 (断簡)
Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, active 1855–1865)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Fragment of vertical ôban; 25.2 × 17.7 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.975.106
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Osaka City Mus., Edo no giga (2018), #147
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16966, 11.16967, 11.39889, 11.45389.27, *11.45390.7 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2011.975.106 (fragment)
Album entitled Genji gajô: 2011.975.1-.108
源氏画帖
2011.975.1 to .54: Kunisada, The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase), complete chûban series
2011.975.55 to .102: Hiroshige II, Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei), complete chûban series
2011.975.103 to .108: Hirokage, fragments of six heavily trimmed ôban prints from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
Album entitled Genji gajô: 2011.975.1-.108
源氏画帖
2011.975.1 to .54: Kunisada, The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase), complete chûban series
2011.975.55 to .102: Hiroshige II, Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei), complete chûban series
2011.975.103 to .108: Hirokage, fragments of six heavily trimmed ôban prints from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
Signed
Hirokage ga
広景画
広景画
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Kane
改印:未四改
彫師:彫工兼
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Kane
改印:未四改
彫師:彫工兼
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 23, 2011)