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船に乗る福禄寿
Lucky Things That Start with Fu: Fukurokuju in a Boat (Fune) Passing Mount Fuji, with a Bag (Fukuro), a Brush (Fude), and an Adonis Plant (Fukujusō)
船に乗る福禄寿
Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1781 (An'ei 10 / Tenmei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban; 24.8 x 37.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14667
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley 2003, p. 224, #U-1-1
Signed
Hokkyō Koryūsai ga
法橋湖竜斎画
法橋湖竜斎画
Marks
Artist's seal: kakihan
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.