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The Gion Festival (Gion sairei), 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 祇園祭禮」
Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44946
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #62 (140); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-136
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16657, 11.44743, 11.44946, 2009.5009.140
Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga
一英斎芳艶画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥六改
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.