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「御誂絵馬尽 柳島妙見の額ノ内」
One of the Framed Votive Paintings at Yanagishima Myôken (Yanagishima Myôken no gaku no uchi), from the series A Collection of Votive Pictures Just for You (Oatsurae ema tsukushi)
「御誂絵馬尽 柳島妙見の額ノ内」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburō (Eirindō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburō (Eirindō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1823 (Bunsei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.2 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15144
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-46, photo p. 158
DescriptionAccording to Schaap, similar designs were recycled in the slightly later series Fûryû jûni tsuki no uchi.
Signed
Konomi ni makase Kunisada ga
任好国貞画
任好国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
改印:極
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.