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七夕準備
Preparing for the Tanabata Festival
七夕準備
Japanese
Edo period
about 1799 (Kansei 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14429
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), p. 172, fig. 94; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #136.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 190.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #605
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14429, 11.14430
MFA impressions: 11.14429, 11.14430
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
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.