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菖蒲池
Women in Iris Garden
菖蒲池
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 33 x 22.5 cm (13 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #226.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 15 (1980), p. 234, figs. 21-2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #281
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.