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「江戸八景 秋葉請顔」 （校合摺）
Fresh Faces at Akiba (Akiba no seigan), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)
「江戸八景 秋葉請顔」 （校合摺）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.5 x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24872
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), chûban #98; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #150.2; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. 321 (no photo)
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
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.