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Reading a Letter on the Veranda, from an untitled series of genre scenes with kyôka poems
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788–90 (Tenmei 8–Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 32 x 22.5 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14206
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #43 (this print mentioned but not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #57.7
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿画
歌麿画
InscriptionsPoem: Kono yo kara ...
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.