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「浮絵 熊野浦鯨突之図」
Perspective Picture of Whale Hunting in Kumano Bay (Uki-e Kumano ura kujira tsuki no zu)
「浮絵 熊野浦鯨突之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–75 (late Meiwa–early An'ei)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 22.9 x 35.4 cm (9 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13479
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa Toyoharu to sono jidai (1994), #55; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 86; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2432
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1341, 11.13479, 49.564
Signed
(Utagawa Toyoharu ga, in right margin, cut off of this impression)
（歌川豊春画）
（歌川豊春画）
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.