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View of Asakusa Kannon in Edo (Edo Asakusa Kannon no zu), from the series New Edition of Perspective Pictures (Shinpan uki-e)


「新版浮絵 江戸浅草観音之図」
Utagawa Kunimaru (Japanese, 1793–1829)
Publisher: Sôshûya Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 7th month OR 1812 (Bunka 9), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 26.3 x 38.7 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16330
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIgaya Kan'emon acted as a censor in the 7th month of 1811 (Bunka 8) and again in the 7th month of 1812 (Bunka 9).
Signed Utagawa Kunimaru ga
歌川国丸画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Igaya Kan'emon
改印:極、伊賀
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.