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Chrysanthemum Exhibition (?)


菊細工ヵ
Emaya Shinjirô (Japanese, active 1848)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 27 x 42.2 cm (10 5/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22025
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe title of the print may have been in the margin, now trimmed off. The individual images probably represent figures or pictures made with chrysanthemums.
Signed Emaya ShInjirô jiga
絵馬屋新次郎自画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
彫師:なし
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.