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初夢見立 一富士二鷹三茄子
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Three Lucky New Year Dreams: Fuji, Falcon, Eggplant
初夢見立 一富士二鷹三茄子
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798 (Kansei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23009
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #214.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), p. 171, figs. 77-9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 37.2.1-3 (complete triptych)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14482-3 (two left sheets), *11.23009 (left sheet only, deaccessioned in 2012), 21.6423 (right sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.14482-3 (two left sheets), *11.23009 (left sheet only, deaccessioned in 2012), 21.6423 (right sheet only)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.