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見立浦島
Young Woman Riding a Turtle (Parody of the Story of Urashima Tarô), second state
見立浦島
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 22 x 27.1 cm (8 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19424
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #36; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #047; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #26; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #133.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 167
DescriptionMFA impressions: first state: 21.4594; second state: 11.19424
The first state is a calendar for 1765; in the second state, the calendrical markings have been removed.
The first state is a calendar for 1765; in the second state, the calendrical markings have been removed.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.