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Mitsuuji's Excursion to the Ôi River (Mitsuuji Ôigawa yûran no zu)


「光氏大井川遊覧の図」
Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions Vertical ôban, creped; 20.7 × 15.6 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37785
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych?
Signed Yoshitsuya ga
芳艶画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 11 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申十一改
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.