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業平朝臣初冠略
A Parody of the Adulthood Ceremony of Lord Narihira (Narihira ason hatsu kanmuri yatsushi)
業平朝臣初冠略
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–98 (Kansei 8–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25.5 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14910
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #97; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #44; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), Honolulu pls. 39-41; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. A104
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14910 (center sheet only), 21.7636-8 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.14910 (center sheet only), 21.7636-8 (complete triptych)
Signed
Ôju Eishô zu
応需栄昌図
応需栄昌図
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.