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昼夜十二ヶ月 「やよひ 雛まつり 汐干」
The Third Month: The Doll Festival, Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide (Yayoi, Hinamatsuri, shiohi), from an untitled series of Day and Night Scenes of the Twelve Months
昼夜十二ヶ月 「やよひ 雛まつり 汐干」
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772–75 (early An'ei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26 x 19.2 cm (10 1/4 x 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20133
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa Toyoharu to sono jidai (1994), #42 (color photo p. 12); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1987), pl. 64
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20133, 21.6907
From a series jointly designed by Kitao Shigemasa (#s 1, 5, 9, 11), Katsukawa Shunshô (#s 2, 4, 7, 12), and Utagawa Toyoharu (#s 3, 6, 8, 10).
From a series jointly designed by Kitao Shigemasa (#s 1, 5, 9, 11), Katsukawa Shunshô (#s 2, 4, 7, 12), and Utagawa Toyoharu (#s 3, 6, 8, 10).
Signed
Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画
歌川豊春画
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.