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Characters from Ôtsu-e Folk Paintings Dancing the Bon-odori (Ôtsu-e no Bon-odori)


「大津画の盆踊」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.7 x 36.4 cm (9 11/16 x 14 1/3 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26398
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #76; Strange, halftone plate facing p. 154
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26398, 21.7099
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし
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.