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正月準備
Preparing New Year Decorations
正月準備
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14089
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #217
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14089 (center sheet), 54.340 (right sheet)
Left sheet: TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2235
MFA impressions: 11.14089 (center sheet), 54.340 (right sheet)
Left sheet: TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2235
Signed
Chôbun
鳥文
鳥文
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.