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「千代の寿」 「中むら村歌六」(初代)
Juhôdô Chikakuni (Japanese, active 1821–1823)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Senri (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1822 (Bunsei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26601
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 91
Signed Chikakuni ga
千歌国画
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.