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牡丹に孔雀
DEACCESSIONED June 20, 2019
Peacock and Peonies
牡丹に孔雀
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ōtanzaku; 37.9 x 17 cm (14 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39604
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #120; Ōta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachōga ten (1997), #6; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #s 72, 254; Rijksmuseum cat. IV (1984), p. 29, #33; Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ōtanzaku #6.6
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1158, 11.2131, 11.21130, *11.39604 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.7907
No publisher's mark on this impression.
Poetic inscription translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 314.
No publisher's mark on this impression.
Poetic inscription translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 314.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsChinese inscription by Yūsai (=Hiroshige)
牡丹花冨貴者也 幽斎
牡丹花冨貴者也 幽斎
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.