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「山城名所名物」 官女
Court Lady, from the series Sights and Specialties of Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro meisho meibutsu)
「山城名所名物」 官女
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.6 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20641
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #s 197-198; Chiba Mus., Edo no surimono (1997), #s 158-160
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1934, 11.20641
From a surimono series divided into at least two (possibly three) parts, or perhaps two different series with the same title. The first group includes seven known designs of assorted specialities of Yamashiro Province. The second group, including this design, is slightly larger in size and includes three bust portraits of women (the other two are a courtesan and a woman of Ohara).
From a surimono series divided into at least two (possibly three) parts, or perhaps two different series with the same title. The first group includes seven known designs of assorted specialities of Yamashiro Province. The second group, including this design, is slightly larger in size and includes three bust portraits of women (the other two are a courtesan and a woman of Ohara).
Signed
Keisai
渓斎
渓斎
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.