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日蓮上人一代図絵 下絵 厳島女之像、祇園大明神
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The Goddess of Itsukushima and the God of the Gion Shrine; preliminary sketches for illustrations in the book Nichiren shônin ichidai zue (An Illustrated Life of Nichiren)
日蓮上人一代図絵 下絵 厳島女之像、祇園大明神
Katsushika Isai (Japanese, 1821–1880)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.2 × 14.6 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Image: 21.2 × 14.4 cm (8 3/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
Overall: 142 × 39 cm (55 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Legacy dimension: .209 x .133
Mounting: 141 x 34.3 cm Bottom rod: 39.6cm
Image: 21.2 × 14.4 cm (8 3/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
Overall: 142 × 39 cm (55 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Legacy dimension: .209 x .133
Mounting: 141 x 34.3 cm Bottom rod: 39.6cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9116
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
The book: https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he13/he13_00594/ ; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 6 (1990), p. 355
Signed
(these drawings unsigned)
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.