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Bridge Suggesting Gojô Bridge, from the series Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics (Shimazoroi onna Benkei)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
(Japanese)
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36358
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûkatei Tanekazu たおや女のもてる長刀鬼打は 五条の神の縁日の土産 柳下亭 種員
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1845 (Kôka 2)