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百さえつり 「船乗そめ」
The First Boat Ride of the New Year (Fune norizome), from the album Momosaezuri (One Hundred Twitterings)
百さえつり 「船乗そめ」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
1796 (Kansei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 21.4 x 36.5 cm (8 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14945
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), pl. 238 (the book: pls. 233-8); Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #386
DescriptionFrom an album of kyôka poetry with illustrations by Shôhô, Tôrin, Unpô, and Shunman.
Signed
Shôsado Kubo Shunman ga
尚左堂窪俊満画
尚左堂窪俊満画
Marks
Artist's seal: Shunman
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.