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女を背負って歩く奴 (見立芥川）
Servant Carrying a Young Woman on His Back; Parody of the Akuta River Episode ofTales of Ise
女を背負って歩く奴 (見立芥川）
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Meiji-era reprint from Edo-period blocks?
original: about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.7 x 21.5 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19453
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #397; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #358, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 495
DescriptionProbably a Meiji reprint from the original blocks.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
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.
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.