Gontazaka, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
「東海道名所之内 厳太坂」
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 98, #0727; Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #05B (24); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-25
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.44957
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.16348, 11.44827, 11.44957, 2009.5009.25
Signed
Ôju Chikamaro
応需周麿
Markings
Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥七改
彫師:なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection