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「三ふく対中 もみぢのにわ たつたの川のにしきながれ風」
Gardens of Maple Leaves, Brocade Breezes from the Tatsuta River (Momiji no niwa, Tatsuta no kawa no nishiki nagarekaze), Center Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui chû)
「三ふく対中 もみぢのにわ たつたの川のにしきながれ風」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.4 x 15.8 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Nihon gakô Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
日本画工 西村重長筆
日本画工 西村重長筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Shigenaga
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.