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「浮絵 亀井戸梅屋敷臥龍梅之図」
Perspective Picture of the Sleeping Dragon Plum in the Plum Garden at Kameido (Uki-e Kameido ume yashiki Garyôbai no zu)
「浮絵 亀井戸梅屋敷臥龍梅之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1775–85 (late An'ei–early Tenmei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.9 x 38 cm (10 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Chester Beatty pl. 32
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1518, 11.14975, 11.14977
Signed
Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
北尾重政画
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.
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.