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「風流子宝合」 本読み
Reading a Book, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of Precious Children (Fûryû kodakara awase)
「風流子宝合」 本読み
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14189
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #83; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #259.2; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #271; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 151.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #720; the series: Asano & Clark 1995, #s 416-8 (this design not illustrated)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
Unidentified seals, possibly collector's seals
改印：なし
Unidentified seals, possibly collector's seals
改印：なし
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.