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Mitate Eguchi zu
見立江口図
Parody of "Eguchi"
Mitate Eguchi zu
見立江口図
Takeda Harunobu (Japanese, active about 1710–1736)
Japanese
Edo period
Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Overall: 182 x 55.1 cm (71 5/8 x 21 11/16 in.)
Image: 85.8 x 35.2 cm (33 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Image: 85.8 x 35.2 cm (33 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 10; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 111(2)
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.