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仁和嘉狂言 「同秋の駒」
The Eleventh Month (?): Autumn Pony (Dôshû no koma), from an untitled series of Niwaka festival dances representing the Twelve Months
仁和嘉狂言 「同秋の駒」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20053
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagoya City Mus., Hokusai (1991), #7; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #11.15; the series: Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), Appendix II, list #28
Signed
Shunrô ga
春朗画
春朗画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.