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「雛形若菜の初模様 丁子屋内 ひな鶴 やそじ やその 折つる きよつる さよつる」
Hinazuru of the Chôjiya, kamuro Yasoji and Yasono, shinzô Orizuru, Kiyotsuru, and Sayotsuru, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyô)
「雛形若菜の初模様 丁子屋内 ひな鶴 やそじ やその 折つる きよつる さよつる」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1778–80 (An'ei 7–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14596
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley 2003, p. 233, #II-E-93; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 59; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #24
Signed
Bukô Yagenbori inshi Koryûsai zu
武江薬研堀隠士湖龍斎画
武江薬研堀隠士湖龍斎画
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.
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.