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雨中美人
A Young Woman in a Summer Shower
雨中美人
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.8 x 20.2 cm (10 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19430
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #29; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #055; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #25; Chiba 2002, #s 59 (AIC) and 60 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #177; Hillier (1970), #7
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19430 (first state), 21.4599 (second state, with signatures removed and different seal)
Signed
Gakô Suzuki Harunobu
画工鈴木春信
画工鈴木春信
Marks
Designer: Hakusei kô, with seal Shôhakusei in
Blockcutter: Chôkô Endô Goroku
Printer: Shôkô Yumoto Kôshi
Blockcutter: Chôkô Endô Goroku
Printer: Shôkô Yumoto Kôshi
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.