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境町葺屋町芝居町大浮絵
Large Perspective Picture of the Kabuki Theater District in Sakai-chô and Fukiya-chô
境町葺屋町芝居町大浮絵
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1745 (Enkyô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 43.8 x 64.5 cm (17 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19687
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 219, #73; Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #11; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #66; Kishi, Edo no enkin-hô (1994), fig. 9; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 121
DescriptionThe original title, signature, and publisher's mark were presumably in the margin but have been cut off of both known impressions; a descriptive title has been assigned.
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.