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「女耕作の 四 苗代の苗をひく所」
No. 4, Pulling Rice Seedlings from the Seedling Bed (Nawashiro no nae o hiku tokoro), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)
「女耕作の 四 苗代の苗をひく所」
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 22.4 x 16 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14962
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.