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美人の舟遊び
Women in a Pleasure Boat
美人の舟遊び
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 26.5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14908
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #584 (complete triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed
Eishô ga
栄昌画
栄昌画
Marks
No censor's seal
Collector's seal: unidentified
Collector's seal: unidentified
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.