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「木曾街道 板橋之駅」
No. 2, Itabashi Station (Itabashi no eki), from the series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô Road
「木曾街道 板橋之駅」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.8 x 35.7 cm (9 3/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25641
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #93-94; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #33.02
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25641, 21.4794, 21.4795, RES.49.167
Signed
Eisen ga
英泉画
英泉画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.