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Asakusa, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 浅草」
Utagawa Shigemaru (Japanese, active 1848–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.5 x 35.9 cm (9 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37484
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom the same series: 11.37484 (unsigned), 11.37485 (signed).
Signed Unsigned
無款
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、子十
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.