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「大坂新町 西槌屋 琴鶴太夫 りこの ふじの」
Kotozuru-dayû of the Nishizuchiya in Shinmachi, Osaka, kamuro Rikino and Fujino
「大坂新町 西槌屋 琴鶴太夫 りこの ふじの」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13943
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #147 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #39; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #809, pl. LX
Signed
Tôto Kiyonaga ga
東都清長画
東都清長画
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.