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Calligraphy by Miss Senjaku, Age Thirteen (Senjaku-dô jûsan-sai sho)


「千雀童十三才書」
Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–98 (Kansei 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14912
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #99; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #80 (this impression); Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 439, list no. A54; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2304
DescriptionRight sheeet of incomplete diptych.
Signed Eishô ga
栄昌画
Marks No censor's seal
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.