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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

No. 3, from the series Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)


「かゐこやしなひ草 第三」
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; about 25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19300
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), fig. 81
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19299, *11.19300 (deaccessioned in 2012)

From a series of twelve sheets jointly designed by Shunshô (nos. 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12) and Shigemasa (nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10).
Signed Katsukawa Shunshô ga
勝川春章画
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.