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「四ツ谷十二さう」 石碑を読む二美人
Women Reading a Stele Inscription, from the series Yotsuya jûni sô (The Twelve Shrines at Yotsuya)
「四ツ谷十二さう」 石碑を読む二美人
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.5 x 18.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19827
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Ôju Hokkei hitsu
応需北渓筆
応需北渓筆
InscriptionsPoems (on stele)
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.