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見立虫選
Ladies Imitating a Courtly Insect Hunt
見立虫選
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25 cm (15 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14067
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #154; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), pl. 183 (C & L only); Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #87; Ukiyo-e shûka 6 (AIC 3, 1978), figs. 45-7
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych; 11.14066 is the left sheet.
MFA impressions: 11.14066 (left sheet), 11.14067 (right sheet), 21.4862-4 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.14066 (left sheet), 11.14067 (right sheet), 21.4862-4 (complete triptych)
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
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.