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「茶見世十景 神明」 （校合摺）
Shinmei, from the series Ten Views of Teashops (Chamise jikkei)
「茶見世十景 神明」 （校合摺）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.4 x 19.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21806
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #180-10 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #226.10; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #554, pl. XXXII
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.