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女を背負って川を渡る達磨
Daruma Carrying a Woman on His Back
女を背負って川を渡る達磨
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27 x 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19426
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #049; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #163.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 82
DescriptionThe second state of a calendar print, wiht most of the markings remaining; the numbers for the long months are in the lines of the reed, and for the short months, in Daruma's robe.
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.