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芋洗い
Man Washing Potatoes, from an untitled series of blue (aizuri) prints
芋洗い
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.5 x 16.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #40; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #347; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #122; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #23.2; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3750
Signed
Saki no Hokusai hitsu
前北斎筆
前北斎筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Nanajûni ô (Old Man in His 72nd Year)
改印：極
Artist's seal: Nanajûni ô (Old Man in His 72nd Year)
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.