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「仁和嘉 寿都の錦 かっこうり ほうろくうり」
Tetsu and Sanosuke as a Drum Seller (Kakko-uri) and a Teapot Seller (Hôroku-uri), from the series The Niwaka Festival (Niwaka)
「仁和嘉 寿都の錦 かっこうり ほうろくうり」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.4 x 17.7 cm (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21371
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #456; Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), Brussels pl. 83
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
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.