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書画帖 菊
Chrysanthemums, from the the book Album of Calligraphy and Painting (Shoga jô)
書画帖 菊
Kita Buichi (Japanese, active 1820s-40s)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
23.7 x 32.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20671
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Aitken & Delafond, Estampes Japonaises de Claude Monet (1983), #199; the album: Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 393; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78705
DescriptionThe complete album: 2011.1081, 2011.1084
The Monet catalogue reads this artist's signature as “Keiichi.” Mitchell reads it as "Keitan, sealed Bunto" but has no other information on the artist.
The Monet catalogue reads this artist's signature as “Keiichi.” Mitchell reads it as "Keitan, sealed Bunto" but has no other information on the artist.
Signed
Buichi hitsu
武一筆
武一筆
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.