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仁王門
Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1788 (Tenmei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14883
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of an incomplete triptych; 56.75 is the center sheet. No VR because of differences in condition.

The date appears on a votive painting of clogs (geta) in the central part of the background of the center sheet.
Signed Shunzan ga
春山画
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.