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見立文殊
Young Man as the Bodhisattva Monju
見立文殊
Komatsuken (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
11.5 x 15.7 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30137
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #52; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #634; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 610
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.30137, 21.5696
Right sheet of a pair, with 11.30136, 21.5697
Numbers for the short months are hidden in the pattern of the kimono.
Right sheet of a pair, with 11.30136, 21.5697
Numbers for the short months are hidden in the pattern of the kimono.
Signed
Komatsu ga
小松画
小松画
Marks
Artist's seal: Komatsu
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.