No. 4: Hara, Yoshiwara, Kanbara, Yui, Okitsu, from the series Cutout Pictures of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô harimaze zue)
東海道張交図絵 「東海四 原 吉原 蒲原 由井 興津」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)
Artist Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858), Publisher Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #46.04
Dimensions
Vertical ôban (harimaze); 36.3 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)
Accession Number
11.17207
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.17207 (uncut sheet, Ibaya ed.), 21.8733 (Okitsu), RES.49.10 (uncut sheet, Maruya ed.)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu (on Hara picture)
広重筆
Markings
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: nine petals
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection