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「四季の程おさな遊び 初冬十月玄猪の程」
Early Winter: The Day of the Boar in the Tenth Month (Hatsufuyu jûgatsu gencho no tei), from the series Customs of the Four Seasons and Children at Play (Shiki no tei osana asobi)
「四季の程おさな遊び 初冬十月玄猪の程」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 25.8 cm (15 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #185 (other prints in the series, #s 162, 181); Kumon Kodomo Kenkyûjo, Ukiyo-e no kodomotachi/Children Depicted in Ukiyoe (1995), #59
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
Marks
No 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.