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「美人合」 牡丹
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Peony, from the series Contest of Beauties (Bijin awase)
「美人合」 牡丹
Japanese
Edo period
1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15654
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-63
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.15654 (deaccessioned in 2012), 34.452, RES.54.187.24
Signed
Ôju Gototei Kunisada ga
応需五渡亭国貞画
応需五渡亭国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
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.