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「東海道五十三次の内 神奈川駅 渡守頓兵衛」 五代目市川海老蔵
Kanagawa Station (Kanagawa eki): (Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as) Ferryman (Watashimori) Tonbei, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次の内 神奈川駅 渡守頓兵衛」 五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29407
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #51; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-04, pp. 117, 119; Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 97, cat. no. 88; Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #66
DescriptionStation no. 04.
MFA impressions: 11.29407, 11.29430, 11.29442, 11.29525.33, 11.43304, 59.1147.7
MFA impressions: 11.29407, 11.29430, 11.29442, 11.29525.33, 11.43304, 59.1147.7
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫竹
ProvenanceBy 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.
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.