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「六玉川 玉屋内花紫 しらべ てりは」
Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, kamuro Shirabe and Teriha (Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Shirabe, Teriha), from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)
「六玉川 玉屋内花紫 しらべ てりは」
Japanese
Edo period
1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 25.7 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14225
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #101; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #31.5, pl. 33; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 127.2.1
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿画
歌麿画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.