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夜更け（柳下の男女）
Couple Walking at Night
夜更け（柳下の男女）
Naka Kuninobu (Japanese, active about 1764–1789)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–75 (Meiwa 7–An'ei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 69.3 x 12.3 cm (27 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21233
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #646; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 620; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #258; Ukiyo-e taisei 4 (1930), #186
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21233 (first state), 21.5705 (first state), 21.5706 (second state, with heads replaced)
Signed
Kuninobu ga
国信画
国信画
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.