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「踊尽」 鐘図の凧を見る美人 （見立道成寺）
Woman Looking at Kite with Picture of Bell (Parody of Musume Dôjô-ji), from the series A Collection of Dances (Odori zukushi)
「踊尽」 鐘図の凧を見る美人 （見立道成寺）
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1790s–1800s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kokonotsugiri; 14.3 x 18.6 cm (5 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16824
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe first "word" in the series title is the personal symbol of a kyôka poet.
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai
画狂人北斎
画狂人北斎
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.