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撫子に蝶
Pinks and Butterfly
撫子に蝶
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kotanzaku; 31.6 x 7.3 cm (12 7/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #141 (Yamashiroya edition); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 162 (Yamashiroya edition)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19977 (no publisher's mark), 21.8496 (Aritaya edition), 21.8497 (Yamashiroya edition)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Nadeshiko no/ haru kashikosa ni/ utsukushiki
撫子の 春かしこさに 美くしき
撫子の 春かしこさに 美くしき
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.