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「北越七奇談」
Seven Miraculous Stories of Northern Echizen Province (Hokuetsu shichi kidan)
「北越七奇談」
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 × 52.5 cm (14 1/8 × 20 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37335a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagura, Etoki bakumatsu fûshi-ga to tennô (2007), #34
Signed
Yoshifuji ga (on each sheet)
芳藤画
芳藤画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dragon 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：辰八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：辰八改
彫師：なし
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.
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.