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「風俗十二通意」 梅の初枝
Two Women Admiring Plum Blossoms, from the series Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fûzoku jûni tsui)
「風俗十二通意」 梅の初枝
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical koban (half aiban); 20.8 x 15.9 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40058
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #246-7 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #241.6; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #783, pl. XL
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19735, 11.40058
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.