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「東都名所 両国橋之涼 心の謎姿合」
Enjoying the Cool of Evening at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku-bashi no suzumi), from the series Famous Places in Edo Matched with Riddles of the Heart (Tôto meisho, Kokoro no nazo sugata awase)
「東都名所 両国橋之涼 心の謎姿合」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.8 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17897
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), list #308.2 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17897 (pub. Yamamotoya Heikichi), 11.17907 (pub. Yamamata)
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsKore to iu/ ... de wa nashi/ suzumibune
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.