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「大阪新町ねりもの あとばやし つの井 ゑみ」
Emi of Tsunoi in the Rear Group of Musicians (Atobayashi), from the series Costume Parade of the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka (Ôsaka Shinmachi nerimono)
「大阪新町ねりもの あとばやし つの井 ゑみ」
Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 26.2 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25825
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 124; Tsubouchi Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #4-659; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 8, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (1990), pl. 136; Keyes 1973, #345 (no photo)
Signed
Tôto Yanagawa Shigenobu
東都柳川重信
東都柳川重信
Marks
Artist's seal: Yanagawa
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.