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「諸国名所百景 阿波鳴門真景」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
True View of the Whirlpools of Awa (Awa naruto shinkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
「諸国名所百景 阿波鳴門真景」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.8 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36300
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Strange 1925, p. 193, list #63
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.2576, *11.36300 (deaccessioned in 2019), RES.54.190.11
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
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.
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.