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「三曲 其三」 胡弓
Kokyû, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series The Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)
「三曲 其三」 胡弓
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.3 cm (8 1/3 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20488
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #1 (triptych); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 115 (triptych); Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #244
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; right sheet: 00.1932, 11.20483
Signed
Gakutei Sadaoka hitsu
岳亭定岡筆
岳亭定岡筆
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.