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Faith (Shin), from an untitled series of Five Virtues


五常の内 「信」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–72 (Meiwa 7–An'ei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 19.1 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19550
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 199, #D-2-1; TNM cat. I (1960), #646
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19549, 11.19550
Signed Koryûsai ga
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.