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「風俗四季歌仙 神楽月」
The Eleventh Month (Kagurazuki), from the series Popular Customs and the Poetic Immortals in the Four Seasons (Fûzoku shiki kasen)
「風俗四季歌仙 神楽月」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.4 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19499
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #91; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #331; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #320.16, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 375; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #524; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #497
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2169, 11.19499
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Sugi tateru/ kado wa nakeredo/ sato-kagura/ kore ya miyai no/ hajime naruran
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.