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雛鶴の舞
The Crane Dance (Hinazuru no mai)
雛鶴の舞
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.3 x 18.4 cm (8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21091
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter, "Hiroshige no yakusha-e surimono," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 160 (2010), p. 39, fig. 5; Schaap and McKee, "... Hiroshige ... checklist of his surimono ," Andon 84 (2008), #SP 2, p. 21; Mizuta Museum, Surimono (2004), cat. no. 9
Signed
Ôju Hiroshige sha
応需広重画
応需広重画
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.