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「生写四十八鷹 十姉妹 ぼたん 十五」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
No. 15, Bengalese Finch and Peonies (Jûshimatsu, botan), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)
「生写四十八鷹 十姉妹 ぼたん 十五」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th 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 Number11.17463
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #390
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17462 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17463 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.433, 20.434, 2016.1258, RES.54.188.38
Signed
Sûgakudô shujin
嵩岳堂主人
嵩岳堂主人
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Sûgaku
改印：未六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Sûgaku
改印：未六改
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.