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「逢身八契 梅川忠兵衛の喜伴」
Happy Togetherness for Umegawa and Chûbei (Umegawa Chûbei no kihan), from the series Eight Pledges at Lovers' Meetings (Ômi hakkei)
「逢身八契 梅川忠兵衛の喜伴」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26.6 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #78; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #294; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #312.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 161.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #408
DescriptionMFA impressons: 11.14212, 21.6487
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
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.