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「風流十二支」 巳
Snake, from the series Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Fûryû jûnishi)
「風流十二支」 巳
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
1770s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.1 x 19.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19533
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley 2003, p. 208, #G-10-6?
Signed
Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
湖龍斎画
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.