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弓を引く女神
Goddess Drawing a Bow
弓を引く女神
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.3 x 18.3 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20412
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #98; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #336
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20412, 34.328
Poem translated in McKee 2008, p. 198; and Keyes 1985, vol. 2, p. 385.
Poem translated in McKee 2008, p. 198; and Keyes 1985, vol. 2, p. 385.
Signed
Katsushika Taito
葛飾戴斗
葛飾戴斗
InscriptionsPoem by Shôshôen (Komatsuen) Harundo: Hatsuyume o/ mitaru ashita no/ yumi no tsuru/ iza hanasabaya/ taka no ha no soya
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.