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「墨水八景 綾瀬乃夕照（あやせのせきせう）」
Sunset Glow at Ayase (Ayase no sekisho), from the series Eight Views of Inky Water (Bokusui hakkei)
「墨水八景 綾瀬乃夕照（あやせのせきせう）」
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–75 (late Meiwa–early An'ei)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.4 x 19.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19319
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #31; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 49; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #319.1; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #7; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #278
Description"Inky water" is a joking reference to the Sumida River.
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
Marks
Artist's seal: Mori uji
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.