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お正月の飾り
New Year Decorations on Stand
お正月の飾り
Baigaku-jo (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 24.1 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20095
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTwo prints designed by the child artist, the printing probably commissioned by her parents: 11.20094 ("Age 13"), 11.20095 ("Age 11")
11.20095 is dated New Year of the Horse (Uma no haru), i.e. 1798, 1810, 1822, etc.; 11.20094 is presumably two years later.
11.20095 is dated New Year of the Horse (Uma no haru), i.e. 1798, 1810, 1822, etc.; 11.20094 is presumably two years later.
Signed
Jûissai Baigaku-jo (Miss Baigaku, Age 11)
十一歳 梅岳女
十一歳 梅岳女
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.