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「傾城見立八景 和八景 明石浦 姿海老屋内 鷹の尾」
Eight Views of Japan, Akashi Bay (Yamato hakkei, Akashi no ura): Takanoo of the Sugata-Ebiya, from the series Courtesans Compared to Eight Views (Keisei mitate hakkei)
「傾城見立八景 和八景 明石浦 姿海老屋内 鷹の尾」
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1820s (late Bunsei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 26 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16091
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), pl. 38
Signed
Ippôsai Kuniyasu ga
一鳳斎国安画
一鳳斎国安画
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.