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美人と扇絵の十二支三枚続き揃え 子ヵ お正月に琵琶を持つ美人
Sign of the Rat (?): Young Lady with a Biwa at New Year, from an untitled triptych series of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Represented by Women and Fans
美人と扇絵の十二支三枚続き揃え 子ヵ お正月に琵琶を持つ美人
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 25.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13629
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2679 (attr. Toyokuni II); another print in the series, #2678
DescriptionProbably the center sheet of an incomplete triptych, with 11.13647 as the left sheet.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Tsuruya Kinsuke
改印：極、鶴金
改印：極、鶴金
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.