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「浅草側 いせ物語」 「十七段」
Episode Seventeen (Jûshichi-dan), from the series Tales of Ise for the Asakusa Group (Asakusagawa Ise monogatari)
「浅草側 いせ物語」 「十七段」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
mid–1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.3 x 18.7 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21069
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 8, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (1990), pls. 176-187; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #315
Signed
Shunman sei (in title cartouche)
俊満製
俊満製
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.