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「青楼十二時 続 巳ノ刻」
The Hour of the Snake (Mi no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in the Yoshiwara (Seirô jûni toki tsuzuki)
「青楼十二時 続 巳ノ刻」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 25.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14572
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #155; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 11 (1982), #360; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #35.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 129.2.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #192; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #61
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
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.