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The Sumida River in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Sumidagawa)


「東都隅田川」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 76.8 cm (14 7/8 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21340-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G116 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21340 (left), 11.21341 (center), 11.21342 (right)
Signed Hiroshige ga (on right and center sheets), Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga (on left sheet)
広重画 一立斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉正改
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: 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.