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Song of the Jewel River (Tamagawa kae-uta), from the series An Assortment of Flowers Matched with Pictures from Popular Songs (Hana soroe hauta eawase)


「花揃葉うた絵合 玉川かへ唄」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shimaya Tetsuya
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40530
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印:子十一改
彫師:彫牛
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.