Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning (Hara, asa no Fuji), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
Utagawa Hiroshige I
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô)
(Japanese)
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsHorizontal ôban, creped; about 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.17293
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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.
![Ishiyakushi: Distant View of Takatomizan (Takatomizan enkei); Actor Ichikawa Omezô I (?) as Benkei, from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)](/internal/media/dispatcher/990253/thumbnail)
![Fukuroi: A Female Pilgrim (Onna junrei), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)](/internal/media/dispatcher/990254/thumbnail)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month
![Okazaki: Yahagi River and Yahagi Bridge (Yahagigawa, Yahagi no hashi); Jôruri-hime and Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)](/internal/media/dispatcher/990255/thumbnail)
![Minakuchi: Panoramic View of Mount Iwafuri (Iwafuriyama chôbô); Actors (?) as Ofude and Banba Chûta in the Sasahiki Scene from the Play Hiragana Seisuiki (Seisuiki Sasahiki), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)](/internal/media/dispatcher/990256/thumbnail)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1855 (Ansei 2), 8th month
![Goyu: The Honno Plain with a Panoramic View of Mount Fuji (Honno-ga-hara, Fuji chôbô); Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Yamamoto (=Yokozô) and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Naoe (=Jihizô), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)](/internal/media/dispatcher/990257/thumbnail)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month
