Title Page for the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces of Japan, by Ichiryûsai Hiroshige (Dai Nihon Rokujûyoshû meisho zue, Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga)
Miyagi Gengyo
(Japanese, 1817–1880)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
(Japanese)
1856 (Ansei 3), 9th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.4 cm (14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.26220
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
Miyagi Gengyo
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Miyagi Gengyo
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
![Title page, from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1125813/thumbnail)
Miyagi Gengyo
about 1857 (Ansei 4)
Miyagi Gengyo
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)
Miyagi Gengyo
1859–61 (Ansei 6–Bunkyû 1)