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Moon (Tsuki), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)


「雪月花ノ内 月」
Katsukawa Shunkô II (Shunsen) (Japanese, 1762–about 1830)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17979
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 134
Signed Katsukawa Shunsen ga
勝川春扇画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.