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「江戸年中行事之内 八月廿五日本所竪川天満宮祭禮」
Festival of the Tenmangû Shrine at Tatekawa in Honjo on the 25th Day of the 8th Month (Hachigatsu nijûgonichi Honjo Tatekawa Tenmangû sairei), from the series Annual Events in Edo (Edo nenchû gyôji no uchi)
「江戸年中行事之内 八月廿五日本所竪川天満宮祭禮」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 19.6 × 28.4 cm (7 11/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39633
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Gountei Sadahide ga
五雲亭貞秀画
五雲亭貞秀画
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.