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On the Grounds of the Temple of Kôbô Daishi on Mukôjima (Mukôjima Kôbô Daishi keidai no zu)


「向嶋弘法大師境内之図」
Utagawa Sadatora (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 77.8 cm (14 15/16 x 30 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37222a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #165
Signed Gofûtei Sadatora ga (on right sheet), Sadatora ga (on center sheet)
五風亭貞虎画 貞虎画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.