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「浮絵駿河町呉服屋図」
Perspective Picture of a Dry Goods Store in Suruga-chô (Uki-e Suruga-chô gofukuya zu)
「浮絵駿河町呉服屋図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1764–72 (Meiwa era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.8 x 36.7 cm (9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa Toyoharu to sono jidai (1994), #60; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #10; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), pl. 85
Signed
(Utagawa Toyoharu ga, in right margin, cut off of this impression)
（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.