Advanced Search 
「信濃国善光寺略絵図」
Simplified Pictorial Map of Zenkô-ji Temple in Shinano Province (Shinano no kuni Zenkô-ji ryaku ezu)
「信濃国善光寺略絵図」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 41.9 x 60.3 cm (16 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26686
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://digikura.pref.nagano.lg.jp/kura/id/02MP0103517488-jp (ink-only versin in Nagano Prefectural Library)
Signed
Kôto Keisai Eisen ga
江都渓斎英泉画
江都渓斎英泉画
Marks
Artist's seal: Eisen
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.