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The Abe River (Abekawa), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi

(Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.16619
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Courtesan on Parade
Utagawa Yoshitora
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Kumai Taro Fighting a Bear
Utagawa Yoshitora
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Yamamoto Kansuke at the Battle of Kawanakajima
Utagawa Yoshitora
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)