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浮絵龍宮玉取之図
Perspective Print of the Diving Woman Retrieving the Jewel from the Dragon Palace
浮絵龍宮玉取之図
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
1740s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Horizontal ō-ōban; 29.4 x 43.7 cm (11 9/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13346
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Talerico, in Impressions 23 (2001), p. 28, fig. 3; Hizō Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 4; Ukiyo-e shūka 1 (1983), pl. 124
Signed
Hōgetsudō Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shōhitsu
方月堂奥村文角政信正筆
方月堂奥村文角政信正筆
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.