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「若那初模様 丁子や から歌 かめし なみし」
Karauta of the Chôjiya, kamuro Kameji and Namiji, from the series New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Wakana hatsu moyô)
「若那初模様 丁子や から歌 かめし なみし」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–97 (Kansei 8–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25.9 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14060
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #219; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #43.5; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. 262
Signed
Eishi zu
栄之図
栄之図
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.