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「浮絵和国景跡 京都三拾三軒堂之図」
The Sanjûsangendô in Kyoto (Kyôto Sanjûsangendô no zu), from the series Scenes of Japan in Perspective Pictures (Uki-e Wakoku keiseki)
「浮絵和国景跡 京都三拾三軒堂之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1770s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.2 x 39 cm (10 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), p. 237; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #4; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa Toyoharu to sono jidai (1994), #48
DescriptionSame image with two different titles (blocks recycled): 11.14707 (Edo, later), 11.14712 (Kyoto, earlier)
Signed
Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画
歌川豊春画
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.