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「大阪北新地ねり物 孟宗 伊勢島 八重」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Yae of Iseshima as Meng Zong (Môsô), from the series Costume Parade of the Kita-Shinchi Quarter in Osaka (Ôsaka Kita-Shinchi nerimono)
「大阪北新地ねり物 孟宗 伊勢島 八重」
Ryûsai Shigeharu (Japanese, 1803–1853)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1837 (Tenpô 8), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.6 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18158
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.824.1, *11.18158 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.38819 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed
Ryûsai Shigeharu ga
柳斎重春画
柳斎重春画
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.