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「亜墨利加(あめりか)」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 24.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22610
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 257
Signed Ôju Hiroshige ga
応需広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yasu kokutô
改印:申十改
彫師:彫安刻刀
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.