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蛍狩美人図
Two Women Catching Fireflies
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蛍狩美人図
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
about latter half of Bunsei (1818 - 30) - Tenpô (1830 - 44) eras
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 87.6 x 32.8 cm (34 1/2 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7938
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #148; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 378
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
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.