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「赤本つくし 花咲爺」
The Old Man who Made the Trees Blossom (Hanasaku jiji), from the series Assorted Storybook Prints (Akahon tsukushi)
「赤本つくし 花咲爺」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–18 (Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Yatsugiriban; 13.8 x 20.8 cm (5 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20080
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mizuta Museum, Surimono (2004), cat. no. 145; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 8, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (1990), pl. 173
Signed
Shunman sei
俊満製
俊満製
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.