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Chôzan of the Chôjiya, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyô)


「雛形若菜初模様 丁子屋内 てう山」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1776 (An'ei 5), spring

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14586
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 226, #I-A-8
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14586 (Eijudô mark only), 11.14587 (two publishers' marks)
Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
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.