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Hustle and Bustle at Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo (Tôkyô Nihonbashi han'ei no zu)


「東京日本橋繁榮之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 × 24.8 cm (14 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41307
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych; date seal on left sheet.
Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.