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江之島岩屋の釣遊び
Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima
江之島岩屋の釣遊び
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14394
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #50 (complete triptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #516.2.1, pl. 100; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 23.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #42
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 06.660 (left sheet only), 11.14394 (center sheet only), 54.205-7 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 06.660 (left sheet only), 11.14394 (center sheet only), 54.205-7 (complete triptych)
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿画
歌麿画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
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.