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「七夕によるいもせ」
Lovers on the Night of the Tanabata Festival (Tanabata ni yoru imose)
「七夕によるいもせ」
Japanese
Edo period
1710s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ô-ôban; 30.1 x 43.6 cm (11 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13433
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Okumura Masanobu zu
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.