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「当世七小町」 関寺小町
Komachi at Sekidera Temple (Sekidera Komachi), from the series Seven Komachi in the Modern World (Tôsei Nana Komachi)
「当世七小町」 関寺小町
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25794
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Hidemaro ga
秀麿画
秀麿画
InscriptionsPoem: Omokage no/ kawarade toshi no/ tsumorekashi/ tatoe inochi ni/ kagiri aru to mo
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.