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俄 （複製）
Niwaka Festival Dancer with Fan
俄 （複製）
After: Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1820s design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25674
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #4; Carpenter et al., Reading Surimono (2008), #12 (the original, plus a group A copy)
DescriptionGroup A copy.
Poem translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 138.
Poem translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 138.
Signed
Keisai
渓斎
渓斎
Marks
Artist's seals: Ei, Sen
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûôtei Edo no Hananari: Senkin no/ haru o neridasu/ hadanugi mo/ yae ni hirakeru/ Ô-Edo no hana
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.