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Kanbara Station: The Old Story of the Six Pine Trees (Kanbara no eki, roppon matsu no koji), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25045
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions六本松の故事  むかし矢矧の浄瑠璃姫 判官殿を恋い慕ふてここまで到り 疲れて終に死す 里人憐みて葬り 塚の即に松を六本植置たり 後 小野お通といへる風流の妓女 此姫の生涯の事を書つらね十二段とし薩摩といへる傀儡師に教て節を付 語せける 是浄るりの中祖也
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.
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)