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「新版浮絵 浦島竜宮入之図」
Urashima Tarô Visits the Dragon Palace (Urashima Tarô Ryûgû iri no zu), from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures (Shinpan uki-e)
「新版浮絵 浦島竜宮入之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1780s (Tenmei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.2 x 38.7 cm (10 5/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17547
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #11; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #16; Hokusai: Bridging East and West (1998), #20; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, horizontal ôban #6; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #160; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3678
Signed
Katsu Shunrô ga
勝春朗画
勝春朗画
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.