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伊達虚無僧姿の男女
Young Couple Dressed as Komusô
伊達虚無僧姿の男女
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, with embossing
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 26.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #85; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #490; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #40; Chiba 2002, #213 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #688, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 529
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19712, 21.4658
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
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.
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.