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Canterbury Bells (Campanula medium, fûrinsô), from the series Comparisons of Flowers, Part 2 (Hanakurabe nihen)


はなくらへ 弐偏 風鈴草
Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
Japanese
Meiji era
1877 (Meiji 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 18.8 × 25 cm (7 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16225
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16225.1, 11.45856.6

Set of prints: 11.16225.1 to .12, duplicates of 11.45856.1 to .12 (though not in the same order). The wrapper, 11.45856.13 (not included with this set), gives the title of the series.
Signed Zeshin
是真
Marks Artist's seal
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.