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琴棋書画 「書」
Calligraphy (Sho), from an untitled series of the Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)
琴棋書画 「書」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772–75 (early An'ei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ô-ôban; 46.4 x 34.7 cm (18 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21214
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), pl. 102; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #230; the series: Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #85 (this design not illustrated)
Signed
Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画
歌川豊春画
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.