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「源氏八景 玉葛晩鐘 大文字屋内 行合 さなへ かりほ」
Evening Bell of Tamakazura (Tamakazura no banshô): Yukiai of the Daimonjiya, kamuro Sanae and Kariho, from the series Eight Views of Genji (Genji hakkei)
「源氏八景 玉葛晩鐘 大文字屋内 行合 さなへ かりほ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 26.4 cm (15 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #21 (this design not listed)
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
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.