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「東姿源氏合 乙女」
Otome, from the series Eastern Figures Matched with the Tale of Genji (Azuma sugata Genji awase)
「東姿源氏合 乙女」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–23 (Bunsei 1–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.1 cm (14 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17766
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #24; Kumon Kodomo Kenkyûjo, Ukiyo-e no kodomotachi/Children Depicted in Ukiyoe (1995), #7; Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #1.2 and cat. no. 344
DescriptionChapter 21 of The Tale of Genji.
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: Otomego ga (=mo)/ kamisabinu rashi/ ama tsu sode (=ame no sode)/ furuki yo no tomo/ yowai henureba
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.