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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Chôzan of the Chôjiya, from the series Women of Seven Houses (Shichikenjin), pun on Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove


「七軒人 丁子屋 てう山」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1806–08 (Bunka 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41509
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #33.5 and cat. no. 24
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17755, *11.41509 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.