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影絵燈篭
Lantern with Shadow Pictures
影絵燈篭
Rogyô (Japanese, active about 1765)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
20 x 9.8 cm (7 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #683; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 648
DescriptionThe seal below the signature reads "Kinoto tori, shô" (1765, short months). The numbers for the short months make up the black outlines of the lantern and its stand.
Signed
Rogyô
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.