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「浮世七小町 草紙洗」 （校合摺）
Washing the Manuscript (Sôshi arai), from the series Seven Komachi in the Floating World (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)
「浮世七小町 草紙洗」 （校合摺）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1780 (An'ei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27 x 19.8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21803
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #166-4 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #206.4; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #305, pl. XXII
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21803 (key block), 21.5591 (full color)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.