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Dredging the Kamo River in Kyoto


加茂川
Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37782
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete polyptych, with 11.37783.
Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga
一英斎芳艶画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰八
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.