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「江戸砂子香具屋八景 柳屋の帰帆」
Returning Sails of Yanagiya (Yanagiya no kihan), from the series Sands of Edo: Eight Views of Incense Makers (Edo sunago kôguya hakkei)
「江戸砂子香具屋八景 柳屋の帰帆」
Japanese
Edo period
1806 (Bunka 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.5 x 26.9 cm (15 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #10.8 (no photo); Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #311
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Tiger 8
改印：極、寅八
改印：極、寅八
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.