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「島之内ねり物 若菜摘 中森軒 二代目とら」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Tora II of Nakamori-ken in Gathering Spring Herbs (Wakanatsumi), from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)
「島之内ねり物 若菜摘 中森軒 二代目とら」
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38814
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #093; Keyes, Hirosada (1984), #3; Keyes 1973, #277a (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.824.14, 11.26584, 11.38813, *11.38814 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.38815 (deaccessioned in 2019), 17.3214.12
From a collective series by Hokuei, Hokuju, Sadahiro, Sadanobu, and Shigeharu.
From a collective series by Hokuei, Hokuju, Sadahiro, Sadanobu, and Shigeharu.
Signed
Gochôtei Sadahiro ga
五蝶亭貞広画
五蝶亭貞広画
Marks
Artist's seal: Sada
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.