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｢生写四十八鷹 仏法僧 蓮華 しよふま 三十一」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
No. 31, Broad-Billed Roller and Renge-shôma (Buppôsô, renge shôma), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)
｢生写四十八鷹 仏法僧 蓮華 しよふま 三十一」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17443
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17443 (deaccessioned in 2012), 2016.1273, RES.54.188.14
Signed
Sûgakudô
嵩岳堂
嵩岳堂
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし
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.