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「上野東叡山之図」
View of Tôeizan Temple at Ueno (Ueno Tôeizan no zu)
「上野東叡山之図」
Tamagawa Shûchô (Japanese, active about 1790–1803)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.8 x 34.3 cm (9 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17554
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions (same picture with slightly different titles): 11.17554, 11.18181
Signed
(signature in lower right margin, cut off of this impression)
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.