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「霞連 海草合 海ほうつき みる あらめ」
Three Types of Seaweed (Umihôzuki, miru, arame), from the series Comparisons of Seawed for the Kasumi Circle (Kasumiren kaisô awase)
「霞連 海草合 海ほうつき みる あらめ」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
mid–1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 210
Signed
Shunman sei (in title cartouche)
俊満製
俊満製
InscriptionsPoems by Haikai Utaba, Takarabune, and Gutendô Nakakubo
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.