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「東都名所八景 不忍弁天ノ図」
Benten Shrine at Shinobazu (Shinobazu Benten no zu), from the series Eight Views of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho hakkei)
「東都名所八景 不忍弁天ノ図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 22.5 cm (14 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17806
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #116.2 and cat. no. 253
Signed
(Kikukawa Eizan hitsu, at left edge, cut off of this impression)
（菊川英山筆）
（菊川英山筆）
Marks
Censor's seal: (kiwame; at left edge, cut off of this impression)
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.