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「風流子宝十二月 文月」
The Seventh Month (Fumizuki), from the series Fashionable Twelve Months of Precious Children (Fûryû kodakara jûni tsuki)
「風流子宝十二月 文月」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1806–08 (Bunka 3–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 22.3 cm (14 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14336
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #169.4 (no photo); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 32
DescriptionFormerly attributed to Utamaro, but other designs in the series are signed by Eizan. MFA prints in the series: 11.14336, 11.17768, 11.17769, 11.17770, 11.17775
Signed
(signature cut off of this impression, probably deliberately, in order to attribute the print falsely to Utamaro)
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
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.