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「源氏八景 みをつくしの夜雨 玉屋内 政那木 まさじ まさの」
Night Rain of Miotsukushi (Miotsukushi no yau): Masanagi of the Tamaya, kamuro Masaji and Masano, from the series Eight Views of Genji (Genji hakkei)
「源氏八景 みをつくしの夜雨 玉屋内 政那木 まさじ まさの」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26.5 cm (15 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17714
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #21.7 and cat. no. 228
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
InscriptionsPoem: Kazu narade/ Naniwa no koto mo/ kai naki ni/ nado mi o tsukushi/ omoisomekemu
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.