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「新版阿蘭陀浮絵 亜細亜州巴比鸞城（アジアシウハヒランジョウ）」
The City of Babylon in Asia (Ajia shû Hahiran jô), from the series Newly printed Dutch Perspective Pictures (Shinpan Oranda uki-e)
「新版阿蘭陀浮絵 亜細亜州巴比鸞城（アジアシウハヒランジョウ）」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.2 x 38.8 cm (9 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14992
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kobe City Art Mus., Megane-e to Tôkaidô (1984), #112; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 146
Signed
Kuninaga ga
国長画
国長画
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.