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「美人発句合」 かきつばた
Woman Viewing Iris at Yatsuhashi, from the series Beauties Matched with Hokku Poems (Bijin hokku awase)
「美人発句合」 かきつばた
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–18 (Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Series mentioned in Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 3, p. 139, under listing for publisher #413, Sensa (no photos)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17819, 21.6924
Signed
Eizan hitsu
英山筆
英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
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.