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四方の巴流 吉原の狐舞
Fox Dance in the Yoshiwara, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)
四方の巴流 吉原の狐舞
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden) (Japanese, 1761–1816)
Japanese
Edo period
1796 (Kansei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 21.6 x 31.3 cm (8 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14987
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #71; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Chester Beatty pl. 108; Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #285
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14987, 11.14989
Signed
Santô Kyôden sha
山東京伝写
山東京伝写
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.