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「祇園神輿はらひ ねり物姿 うす雪妻兵 花びしや ぬゐ 付添 辰吉 乙吉」
Nui of the Hanabishiya as Usuyuki Tsumahei, with Tatsukichi and Otsukichi as Attendants (Tsukisoi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
「祇園神輿はらひ ねり物姿 うす雪妻兵 花びしや ぬゐ 付添 辰吉 乙吉」
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock/stencil print (kappazuri); ink on paper, with stenciled color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33.4 x 14.9 cm (13 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26555
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton.." (2007), p. 123; Ujlaki and Nakade, "Gion nerimono prints revisited: The list," Andon 75 (2003), GN 1813-16, photo p. 33; Ujlaki, "The Gion Parade Stencil Prints," Andon 63 (1999), p. 9, fig. 5
Signed
Nagahide ga
長秀画
長秀画
Marks
Publishers' marks: Yamasa han, Miyahisa han
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.