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「雛形若菜の初模様 四ツ目屋内 歌川 うたの うたき」
Utagawa of the Yotsumeya, kamuro Utano and Utaki, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyô)
「雛形若菜の初模様 四ツ目屋内 歌川 うたの うたき」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1783 (Tenmei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.1 cm (14 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13947
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #2-9 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #4.8; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #430, pl. LIV
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13947 (color), 11.13968 (key block)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
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.