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「浮世七小町 雨乞」
Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series Seven Komachi in the Floating World (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)
「浮世七小町 雨乞」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1780 (An'ei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 19.4 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19366
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #166-2 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #206.2, pl. 90; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #303, pl. XXII
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
InscriptionsPoem: Kotowari ya/ hi no moto nareba/ teri mo sen/ saritote wa mata/ ame ga shita to wa
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.