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「風流女六歌仙 清少納言」
Sei Shônagon, from the series Fashionable Female Six Poetic Immortals (Fûryû onna rokkasen)
「風流女六歌仙 清少納言」
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25480
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #158.4 and cat. no. 76
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17792, 11.25480
Signed
Eizan hitsu
英山筆
英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: ?
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.