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本棚、本と眼鏡、福寿草
Bookcase, Books and Spectacles, and Potted Adonis Plant
本棚、本と眼鏡、福寿草
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.4 x 17.4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19923
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 309
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19922, 11.19923, 21.9306
Signed
Ippôsai Kuniyasu hitsu
一鳳斎国安筆
一鳳斎国安筆
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.